Table 1.

Acquisition parameters for the four MRI sequences utilized.

	TOF	PDW	T1W	T2W	PC-MRA
Sequence type	Time-of-flight MRA	Spin-echo	Spin-echo	Spin-echo	Phase- contrast MRA
TR [ms]	38	2,160	800	2,160	--
TE [ms]	8.67	8	8	48	--
Flip angle [degrees]	60	90	90	90	--
In-plane spatial resolution [mm × mm]	0.469 × 0.469	0.625 × 0.625	0.625 × 0.625	0.625 × 0.625	1.1 × 1.5
Slice thickness [mm]	3	3	3	3	8
Venc [cm/s]	--	--	--	--	120
Temporal resolution [ms]	--	--	--	--	22.8

TOF: time-of-flight; PDW: proton-density-weighted; T1W: T1-weighted; T2W: T2-weighted; PC-MRA: phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography; TR: repetition time; TE: echo time.