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. 2012 Jan 13;35(6):1414–1421. doi: 10.1002/jmri.23587

Table 1.

Scan Parameters of the Pulse Sequence Used for the Prostatic MR Imaging

MR imaging Diffusion-weighted imaging T2-weighted imaging
Pulse sequence Spin-echo echo-planar-imaging 3D T2-weighted TSE
Direction Transaxial Transaxial
TR/TE (ms) 6300/50 1500/150
Section thickness (mm) 2.5 1.4
Overlap (mm) 0 0.7
Field of view (mm) 350 200
Matrix 144 × 256 (interpolated to 256 × 256) 224 × 512 (interpolated to 512 × 512)
Voxel size (mm3 ) 1.37 × 1.37 × 2.5 0.4 × 0.4 × 0.7
Signal acquisition 7 2
Scan time 5 min 21sec 7 min 27 sec
Multiplanar reconstruction thickness (mm) 4 4
Reconstruction direction Transaxial, coronal, sagittal Transaxial, coronal, sagittal
Others b-value s/mm2 of 0 and 600, ADC map reconstruction: 2.5 mm-thick TRS, 4 mm-thick TRS, COR, SAG Echo train length of 61