Table 2. Acquisition parameters for MRI.
1.5 T MRI | TR | TE | FA | TI | ST | NEX | Matrix | FOV |
T1 | 200 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 256/179 | 70 | |
T2 | 3180 | 97 | 150 | 5 | 1 | 256/179 | 150 | |
STIR | 3800 | 93 | 160 | 150 | 5 | 1 | 256/131 | 160 |
T1 post contrast | 195 | 4 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 256/157 | 70 |
FA, flip angle; FOV, field of view; NEX, number of excitations; ST, slice thickness; STIR, short tau inversion–recovery; T1, T1 weighted MRI; T2, T2 weighted MRI; TE, time to echo; TI, time to inversion; TR, time to repetition.