Table 1.
MRI scan parameters
| Diffusion-weighted steady-state free precession (DW-SSFP) | |
| T E | 21 ms |
| T R | 30 ms |
| α | 30° |
| Number of directions | 49 |
| Number of averages | 2 |
| Number of q = 10 mm−1 (b = 0 equivalent) | 8 |
| Matrix size | 176 × 120 × 180 mm3 |
| Voxel size | 1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0 mm3 |
| Bandwidth | 80 Hz/pixel |
| q value | 300 mm−1 |
| b value (equivalent) | ~5175 s/mm2 |
| True inversion recovery (TIR, T1 quantification) | |
| T E | 12 ms |
| T R | 1000 ms |
| T I | Varying: 31, 62, 125, 250, 500 and 850 ms |
| Matrix size | 176 × 120 × 192 mm |
| Voxel size | 1.0 × 1.0 × 1.4 mm |
| Bandwidth | 200 Hz/pixel |
| Turbo spin echo (TSE, T2 quantification) | |
| T E | Varying: 14, 28, 42, 55, 69, 83 and 111 ms |
| T R | 1000 ms |
| Matrix size | 176 × 120 × 192 mm |
| Voxel size | 1.0 × 1.0 × 1.4 mm |
| Bandwidth | 130 Hz/pixel |
| True fast imaging with steady-state free precession (TRUFI, anatomical) | |
| T E | 3.79 ms |
| T R | 7.58 ms |
| α | 35° |
| Matrix size | 416 × 256 × 512 mm |
| Voxel size | 0.4 × 0.4 × 0.5 mm |
| Bandwidth | 296 Hz/pixel |