. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Mar 28;7(3):471–481. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001541

Table 1.

Typical imaging parameters used to acquire different CMR images at 1.5T and 3T

Imaging Method	Cine		Native T₁ map		Native T₂ map		LGE
Field Strength	3T	1.5T	3T	1.5T	3T	1.5T	3T	1.5T
Sequence	Balanced SSFP		Modified Look-Locker Inversion Recovery		T₂ – prepared SSFP		IR – prepared GRE
TR/TE (ms)	3.2/1.6	3.5/1.75	2.2/1.1	2.4/1.2	2.8/1.4	2.2/1.1	3.0/1.5	3.5/1.75
Flip Angle	50°	70°	35°		50°	70°	25°	40°
Bandwidth (Hz/pixel)	1371	930	1042	1002	1371	1002	586	1002
In-plane Resolution	1.3 × 1.3 mm²
Slice Thickness	6mm
Other Parameters	25–30 cardiac phases		8 TIs; 2 inversion blocks of 3+5 images; minimum TI = 110ms; TI increment = 80ms		T₂-preparation times of 0, 24 and 55ms		Optimal TI to null the remote myocardium