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. 2012 Sep 25;14(1):67. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-14-67

Table 1.

MRI sequences for brain scan

 
 Sequences for Philips MRI Scanner
  Body Region: Head, Patient Position: Supine, Patient Entry: Head First, Landmark on Eyes
 
 3 plane localizer
 Reference Scan
 AX SE T1
 AX FSE T2
 T2 FLAIR
 Diffusion
 3D TOF MT
 CE-MRA
 Perfusion
 
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
 Landmark on Eyes
Name Anatomy Philips
 Head CNS-Brain
 Ref Scans
 Head CNS-Brain
 Head CNS-Brain
 Head CNS-Brain
 Head CNS-Function
 Head CNS-Angio
 Head CNS-CE-Angio
 Head CNS-Function
Sequence Name Philips
 survey
 RefScan
 T1W_SE
 T2W_TSE
 T2W_FLAIR
 DWI_E
 S3DI_MC_HR
 3D_DYN_AVM
 sPRESTO
plane
 ax/cor/sag
 -
 ax
 ax
 ax
 ax
 ax
 sag
 ax
Scan time
 0:17
 0:51
 02:39
 02:13
 03:18
 00:36
 02:52
 00:51
 0:50
stacks
 3
 2
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
 1
slices
 3 each
 82
 18
 18
 16
 18
 100
 10
 30
Scan technique
 T1-TFE
 SENSE
 SE
 SE
 IR
 SE
 FFE
 FFE
 FFE
Fast imaging mode
 TFE
 -
 MS
 TSE
 TSE
 EPI
 none
 none
 EPI
(Turbo/EPI) Factor
 42
 -
 1
 19
 23
 89
 -
 -
 19
TE [ms]
 5.2
 0.95
 15
 100
 120
 104
 6.9
 1.27
 shortest
TR [ms]
 15
 8
 483
 3607
 6000
 3034
 24
 5
 22
TI [ms]
 -
 -
 -
 -
 2000
 -
 -
 -
 -
Flip angle [deg]
 20
 7
 140
 90
 100
 90
 20
 35
 7
FOV [mm]
 250
 -
 230
 230
 230
 230
 200
 260
 220
Scan [%]
 74
 82
 79
 74
 68
 79.6
 57.4
 100
 55.8
Scan matrix
 256 x 126
 64 x 52
 256 x 163
 384 x 228
 208 x 115
 112 x 89
 332 x 190
 160 x 144
 64 x 29
Slice thickness [mm]
acq/rec
 10
 -
 5
 5
 6
 5
 1 / 0.5
 16 / 8
 3.5
Slice gap
 0
  
 1
 1
 2
 1
 -
 -
 -
NSA / NEX
 1
 3
 2
 3
 2
 1
 1
 1
 1
Bandwidth [Hz/pixel] 186.9 2540.7 109.3 224.0 152.9 1834 108.8 541.1 60.3