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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2013 Oct 1;72(2):485–491. doi: 10.1002/mrm.24942

Table 1.

R2* sequence parameters for all the sites involved in this study.

Single center Multi center
Los Angeles, USA Boston,
USA
Cagliari,
Italy
Genoa,
Italy
Izmir,
Turkey
London,
UK
Oakland,
USA
Siriraj,
Thailand
# patients 42 70 4 15 6 11 6 7 13
Scanner Philips
Achieva
GE Signa Philips Siemens GE LX Siemens
Symphony
Siemens
Avanto
Philips
Achieva
Philips
Achieva
Field strength
(Tesla)
1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Software
release
2.6.3.5 9.1 2.6.3.5 VB15 15.0 M4
0910.a
VA30A VB17 2.6.3 2.6.3.5
Coil body torso 4-channel
torso
8-channel
cardiac
8-channel
cardiac
Phased-
array body
4-channel
torso
Phased
array body
5-channel
cardiac
Sequence Black blood Bright
blood
Black blood Bright
Blood
Bright
blood
Bright
blood
Bright
blood
Black blood Black blood
Min TE (ms) 1.28 1.46 2 2.59 1.4 2.6 2.59 1.92 2
ΔTE (ms) 1.09 2.38 2.14 2.23 1 2.69 2.23 2.01 2.02
# echoes 16 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
FA (°) 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Matrix (pixels) 256 × 256 256 × 256 128 × 128 128 × 256 128 × 96 192 × 75 256 × 96 125 × 156 128 × 256
Field of view
(cm)
30–36 30–36 25–32 35–40 31–40 40 40 23–36 40
Bandwith
(Hz/pixel)
1563 488 723 810 648 810 810 720 382
Slice thk (mm) 8 8 8 10 8 10 10 8 10