. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2015 Sep-Oct;39(5):637–642. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000265

Table 1.

MR Imaging Parameters

	FSE-PD FS	FSE-T1	UTE-T1ρ	T1-TSR
TR (ms)	2300	550	500	17, 25, 50, 10, 200, 400, 800, 1600
TE (ms)	18.7	18.1	0.012	0.012
Matrix	512 × 512	512 × 512	512 × 355	512 × 255–455
NEX	1		2	2
ETL	2		--	--
FA	90		60	50
BW	31		25	25
TSL (ms)	--	--	0.02, 2, 7, 14	--
Thick (mm)	1	1	1	1
Approximate Time (mins)	10	8	18	32

Abbreviations: PD: Proton-density-weighted; FS: fat-suppressed; T1: T1-weighted; UTE: Ultrashort TE; FSE: fast spin-echo; TSR: Total saturation recovery; TR: Repetition Time; TE: Time of Excitation; NEX: number of excitations; ETL: echo train length; FA: flip angle; BW: bandwidth; TSL: Time of Spin Lock; Thick: slice thickness.