Table 2.
1.5T | 3T | |
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Scanner Manufacturer | Philips | General Electric |
Head Coil | Quadrature | Receive-only phased array |
Number of Channels | 4 | 8 |
Type of sequence | 2D fast FLAIR | 2D fast FLAIR |
Field of View (cm) | 24×24 | 25×25 |
Matrix Size | 256×256 | 256×256 |
Slice Thickness (mm) (no gap) | 2 | 2 |
TR (msec) | 10000 | 9000 |
TE (msec) | 125 | 157 |
Inversion Time (msec) | 2700 | 2250 |
NSA | 3 | 1 |
Flip Angle | 90 | 90 |
Pixel Size (mm) | 0.938×0.938×2 | 0.976×0.976×2 |
Scan Time (minutes) | 8.2 | 9.1 |
Key; FLAIR= Fluid attenuated inversion recovery, TE=repetition time, TE=echo time