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. 2013 Jul 22;86(1028):20130299. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20130299

Table 2.

Diffusion-weighted MRI protocol

Parameter 1.5 T 3 T
Acquisition method Respiratory-triggered Free-breathing
b-values 0, 400, 800 50, 400, 800
Repetition time/echo time (s) 5500–8000/63–73 5600/50
Receiver bandwidth (Hz per pixel) 1953 2442
Matrix 128×128 84×128
Slice thickness (mm) 7 5
Interslice gap (mm) 1.4 1
Number of signals acquired 8 4
Field of view (mm2) 360×360 380×309
Acquisition time (s) 110–210 218
Number of slice 22 35
Parallel imaging factor 2 2