Table 7.

Shoulder MR imaging sequences*

	Magnetom Avanto	Panorama
Basic Sequences
Generic sequence name	T1w axial
Vendor sequence name	T1 tra	T1w TSE
Resulting voxel size (mm)	0.9 × 0.7 × 3.5	0.7 × 0.9 × 3.5
Acquisition time (min:sec)	2:17	2:47
Generic sequence name	T2w axial
Vendor sequence name	T2 me2 D tra	3 D mFFE WATS
Resulting voxel size (mm)	0.7 × 1.0 × 3.5	0.7 × 1.0 × 3.5
Acquisition time (min:sec)	3:19	7:11
Generic sequence name	TIRM coronal
Vendor sequence name	T1 TIRM cor	STIR
Resulting voxel size (mm)	0.6 × 0.8 × 4.0	0.6 × 0.9 × 4.0
Acquisition time (min:sec)	5:15	6:36
Generic sequence name	PD+T2w TSE coronal
Vendor sequence name	PD+T2 TSE cor	Dual dr tsetse
Resulting voxel size (mm)	0.6 × 0.8 × 4.0	0.6 × 0.8 × 4.0
Acquisition time (min:sec)	4:16	5:59
Generic sequence name	T2w TSE parasagittal
Vendor sequence name	T2 TSE rst fs parasag	T2 TSE SPIR
Resulting voxel size (mm)	0.7 × 0.9 × 4.0	0.7 × 0.9 × 4.0
Acquisition time (min:sec)	4:04	4:52

*For further information on the sequence characteristics see Additional file 4.

Abbreviations:

Cor = coronal

Dual = Double echo

FFE = Fast Field Echo

Me = medic

Parasag = parasagittal

PD = Proton Density

Sag = sagittal

SPIR = Spectral Presaturation Inversion Recovery

STIR = Short T1 Inversion Recovery

T1w = T1-weighted

T2w = T2-weighted

TIRM = Turbo Inversion Recovery Magnitude

Tra = transverse

TSE = Turbo Spin Echo

WATS = WATer only Selection