Table 1.

Overview of Typical Sequence Parameters Used in This Study

Parameter	Clinical T2* (cardiac)	Clinical T2* (liver)	Phantom measurements
			T2* sGRE (reference)	T2* mGRE (cardiac)	T2* mGRE (liver)	T1 MOLLI
Acquired voxel size [mm]	2 × 2	3 × 3	1.96 × 2.0	1.96 × 2.15	1.96 × 2.0	1.98 × 2.0
Slice thickness [mm]	10	10	8	10	10	10
Matrix size	160	116	112 × 106	112 × 102	112 × 110	116 × 90
FOV [mm]	320 × 320	348 × 348	220 × 212	220 × 220	220 × 220	230 × 180
TEs [ms]	2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0, 17.5, 20.0, 22.5 and 25.0	1.2, 2.7, 4.2, 5.7, 7.2, 8.7, 10.2, 11.7, 13.2 and 14.7	1.34, 2, 3, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300	2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20, 22.5 and 25.0	1.3, 3.4, 5.5, 7.6, 9.7, 11.8, 13.9, 16, 18, 20.1	1.11
TR [ms]	26 ms	17 ms	6 × T1	26	38	2.4
Flip Angle	20°	20°	50°	20°	20°	35°
Parallel imaging	Factor 2 (SENSE)	No	No	Factor 2 (SENSE)	No	Factor 2 (SENSE)
Read‐out profile	Linear	Linear	Linear	Linear	Linear	Linear
Turbo factor	6	No turbo factor;	No turbo factor;	6	No turbo factor;	48
Preparation pulse:	DIR	SPIR	No preparation	DIR	SPIR	IR
Flow‐compensation	On	Off	Off	On	Off	On
T1 mapping scheme:	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5(3s)3;