Table 2.
Image Scanning Parameters for PSHMC
| T1-weighted | T2-weighted | Susceptibility weighted (R2*) |
Diffusion weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sequence | MP-RAGE | FSE | Multi-gradient-echo | EPI |
| TR (ms) | 1540 | 2500 | 54 | 8300 |
| TE (ms) | 2.34 | 316 | 6 echoes:7–47ms Interval: 8 | 82 |
| Flip Angle | 9 | 120 | 20 | 90 |
| Inversion time (ms) | 807 | |||
| b value (s/mm2) | - | - | - | 1000 |
| Diffusion directions | - | - | - | 42 & 7 |
| Resolution (mm3) | 1×1×1 | 1×1×1 | 1×1×1 | 2×2×2 |
| Thickness (mm) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Field of View | 256 × 256 | 256 × 256 | 256 × 256 | 256 × 256 |
| Number of Slices | 176 | 176 | 64 | 65 |
| Imaging direction | Sagittal | Sagittal | Axial | Axial |
MP-RAGE = magnetization prepared-rapid acquisition gradient echo; TE = echo time; TR = repetition time; EPI = echo planar image