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. 2014 Jun 3;9(6):e99027. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099027

Table 1. Sequence parameter settings.

Sequence TR (ms) TE (ms) Flip angle Matrix Slice thickness (mm) Spacing (mm) Approximate Scan time (s)
T2 5200 103 90° 350×350 4.0 3.0 200
T1 600 9 90° 350×350 4.0 3.0 300
VIBRANT 6.2 3 10° 350×350 1.2 1.2 90
IDEAL 4380 130 90° 360×360 1.2 3.0 3600

IDEAL :Iterative Decomposition of water and fat with Echo Asymmetry and Least squares estimation. VIBRANT: Volume Imaging for Breast Assessment.

s = seconds, mm = millimeters, ms = milliseconds