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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2015 Nov 2;172(1):122–130. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13791

Table I. Imaging Parameters for all 121 baseline abdominal MRI R2* examinations SNR, signal-to-noise ratio.

Parameter Target Actual (mean ± SD)
Field of View (mm) 280-420 354.4 ± 35.6
Phase Field of View (%) 60-100% 78.7 ± 12.0
Slice Thickness (mm) 8-12 9.6 ± 1.2
In-plane Resolution (mm) 2-6 3.0 ± 0.7 × 3.3 ± 0.8
Number of echoes > 12 13.5 ± 2.6
Shortest echo time (ms) < 1.2 1.10 ± 0.19
Echo spacing (ms) < 1.5 1.05 ± 0.31
Bandwidth (Hz/px) > 600 1741 ± 761
Repetition time (ms) 97.5 ± 25.9
Points in frequency direction 118.0 ± 15.8
Frequency direction sampling 120.8 ± 21.7
Relative SNR metric 1 2.4 ± 1.7