Table 1.

Imaging parameters of selected reports on ex vivo MRI of the embryonic and neonatal mouse brain.

Study	Age	Instrument	Contrast agent (Concentration)	Resolution	Contrast and Sequence	Scan time
Petiet et al., 2008	E10.5–E19.5 P0–P32	9.4 T and 7 T	Prohance (20 mM)	0.0195 × 0.0195 × 0.0195 mm	T1, 3D SE TE/TR = 5.2/75 ms	3–12 h
Aggarwal et al., 2015	E12.5–E18.5	11.7 T	Magnevist (3 mM)	0.052 × 0.052 × 0.052 mm	3D dw- GRASE, b = 1400 s/mm2, 18 directions	21.5–32 h
Norris et al., 2015	E15.5	9.4 T	Magnevist (2 mM)	0.075 × 0.075 × 0.075 mm	3D dw- FSE/SE, b = 1498 s/mm2, 42 directions	76 h for 3D SE 19 h for 3D FSE

dw, diffusion-weighted; FSE, fast spin echo; GRASE, gradient and spin echo; SE, spin echo; T, Telsa; TE, echo time; TR, repetition time.