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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2012 Jun 11;36(4):920–927. doi: 10.1002/jmri.23709

Table 1.

MRI Imaging Protocol for Nerves in the Forearm

Series Plane Sequence Options TE (ms) TR (ms) TI (ms) NSA Field of View (mm × mm) Voxel size (mm) Acquisition Matrix Acquisition Time
1 AX T1(TSE) 12 700 2 140*140 0.46×0.46×3 256×256 6:55
2 AX T2 FatSat (TSE) 90 6000 2 140*140 0.46×0.46×4 256×256 6:17
3 AX STIR (TSE) 30 9220 190 2 140*140 0.46×0.46×4 256×256 6:38
4 AX DTI (SSE) 21 directions
b=1000s/mm2 		65 7200 2 140*140 1.8×1.8×3 80×80 6:36

Note. –AX=Axial TE=Echo Time TR=Repetition Time TI=Time of Inversion NSA=Number of Sampling Average TSE=Turbo Spin Echo SSE=Single-Shot Spin Echo