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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2014 Apr 28;230:37–50. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.04.023

Table 3.

Summary of MCIC scanning parameters.

Site M021 (51) M552 (92) M554 (47) M871 (44)
Scanner Siemens Avanto GE Signa Siemens Trio Siemens Sonata
Scanning Sequence GR RM IR\GR GR
Sequence Name *fl3d1_ns N/A *tfl3d1_ns (19), tfl3d1_ns (28) *fl3d1_ns (35), fl3d1_ns (9)
Slice Thickness (mm) 1.5 1.5 (20), 1.6 (38), 1.7 (31), 1.8 (3) 1.5 1.5
TR/TE (ms) 12/4.76 20/6 2530/3.81 12/4.76
Number of Averages 1 1 (2), 2 (90) 1 1
Magnetic Field Strength (T) 1.494 1.5 2.8936 1.494
Number of Phase Encoding Steps 256 N/A 256 288
Percent Phase Field of View 100 100 100 100
Pixel B and width 160 122 180 110
RF Coil Body HRBRN Body Body
Acquisition Matrix 0 256 256 0 0 256 256 0 0 256 256 0 0 256 256 0
Flip Angle 20 30 7 20
Pixel Spacing 0.625 0.625 (11), 0.70313 0.70313 (40) 0.625 0.625 (32), 0.66406 0.66406 (16), 0.70313 0.70313 (44) 0.625 0.625 0.625 0.625 (42), 0.70313 0.70313 (2)

Note: Each scanning setting is followed by the number of subjects that were scanned using this setting. Scanning parameters with small variations or incomplete information (displayed in gray) were excluded from the subsequent analysis.