Figure 11.
Sagittal slices of high resolution 3D MR microscopy images of the fixed ex vivo mouse heart acquired at 9.4 T using a cryogenic RF probe: (A) signal magnitude image, TE = 2.14 ms (B) principal diffusion direction derived from DTI (C) T2* map and (D) quantitative susceptibility map. Acquisition parameters: 3D multi echo GRE: TR = 250 ms, TE = 2.14–44.96 ms, TE spacing 2.85 ms, spatial resolution = (55 × 55 × 55) μm3, FOV = (10 × 10 × 10) mm3, TA = 13.7 h; DTI-EPI: TR = 1000 ms, TE = 22.84 ms, spatial resolution = (156 × 156 × 156) μm3, FOV = (10 × 10 × 10) mm3, b = 2000 s/mm2, 30 directions, TA = 17 h. Data from Peper et al. (2015).