Table 1. Details of the MRI protocol.

Scan parameters	T2-weighted TSE	T2-weighted TSE	Single-shot SE-EPI DWI with STIR
Imaging plane	Coronal	Transverse	Transverse
TR (ms)	4350	3230	3400
TE (ms)	118	98	78
Turbo factor	13	16	Epifactor 150
Echo spacing (ms)	10.7	10.9	0.7
Bandwidth (Hz/pixel)	201	222	1628
NSA	2	2	6
B-value (s/mm2)	NA	NA	0, 300, 1000
No. of slices	26	48	26
FOV (mm)	250	280	380
Matrix size	256	512	192
Slice thickness (mm)	3.0	4.0	4.0
Voxel size (mm)	1.2×1.0×3.0	0.8×0.5×4.0	2.0×2.0×4.0
Acquisition time (minutes)	02:08	04:23	03:14

DWI: diffusion-weighted imaging.

EPI: echo planar imaging.

FOV: field of view.

NA: not applicable.

NSA: number of signal averages.

SE: spin-echo.

STIR: short TI inversion recovery.

TSE: turbo spin-echo.