Table 1.

Application of T2-w single-shot (SSh) turbo-spin-echo (TSE) sequences

Parameters	Axial, coronal, and sagittal planes; repetition time (TR): shortest; echo time (TE): 100 ms; TSE factor: 92; field of view: 200–230 mm; matrix: 256 × 153; slice thickness: 3–4 mm; slices: 18; flip angle: 90°; duration: 18.7 s
Assessment	Whole body evaluation
Clinical application	Head size and shape (microcephaly; encephaloceles)
	Brain (associated malformations; acquired anomalies) (TE: 140 ms in GW 18–29)
	Face and foetal profile (facial clefts)
	Orbits (content; interorbital distance)
	Teeth buds and hard palate (cleft palate)
	External ear size, shape, and position; and fluid-filled inner ears
	Thorax shape and lung volume (lung hypoplasia in skeletal dysplasias)
	Spine (content/extent of spinal dysraphism)
	Arms and legs; hands and feet (size, shape, number of fingers/toes)
	Musculature (decreased thickness; fatty atrophy after GW 30)