Table 1.
Pulse sequence parameters tested in MRI scans
| Field strength | Pulse sequence parameters |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Bandwidth (Hz/pixel) | Repetition time (ms) | TE (ms) | Slice thickness (mm) | Number of slices | NEX | Flip angle (degree) | |
| 1.5 T | GRE | 260 | 200, 275 | 3.61, 10, 20 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| SE | 130 | 275 | 10, 20 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 70 | |
| UTE | 635 | 13 | 0.07 | 1 | 192 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3.0 T | GRE | 260, 600 | 275, 600 | 3.61, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 | 3 | 10 | 1, 4 | 50, 30 |
| SE | 130, 601 | 275, 600 | 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 | 3 | 10 | 1, 4 | 115 | |
| UTE | 635, 1628 | 3.16, 600 | 0.07 | 1 | 192 | 1 | 10, 15 | |
GRE, gradient echo; NEX, number of experiments (averages); SE, spin echo; TE, echo time; UTE, ultrashort echo time.