Table 1.

Specific parameters for the acquisitions

Acquisition	Planning	Targeting*	Target Verification		Monitoring	Verification
Sequence	bSSFP (‘trueFISP’)	bSSFP (‘BEAT_IRTTT’)	bSSFP (‘trueFISP’)	HASTE	HASTE	3D FSPGR (‘VIBE’)
TR (ms)	<4	<4	<4	2000	2000	6
TE (ms)	<3	<3	<3	83	83	2.8
Flip Angle	55–70	55–70	55–70	**	**	15
Matrix	256×192	192×192	256×192	192×192	192×192	256×134***
FOV (cm)	20–36	20–36	20–36	20–36	20–36	35×26
Slice/Skip (mm/mm)	5/0	4/1	5/0	“	“	5/2.5
BW (Hz/pix.)	500–800	500–800	500–800	400–500	400–500	250
Slices	15–25	3	15–25	“	“	52
Acq. Time (s)	< 1sec/img	<0.8 sec/img	<0.8 sec/img	2 sec/img	2 sec/img	<20 sec/acq

^*Prototype interactive bSSFP pulse sequence, Siemens Corporate Research, sequence author: Li Pan

^**Standard 90° excitation with 150° refocusing pulses

^***Parallel imaging acquisition and reconstruction (GRAPPA) with 75% phase field of view and 70% sampling in slice direction.