. 2016 Oct 19;18:69. doi: 10.1186/s12968-016-0293-7

Table 1.

Imaging parameters for patient studies

Pulse sequence	Radial bSSFP	Cartesian fast spin-echo
Spatial resolution	6 mm × 1.4–1.9 mm × 1.4–1.9 mm	8 mm × 1.4 mm × 1.4 mm
Field-of-view	225 mm–240 mm	340 mm
Parallel imaging	None	Ipat factor = 2
Sampling matrix	128–160	256
Flip angle for readout	60^O	90^O/180^O
Echo time	1.4 ms	T1-weighted: 29 ms
Echo time	1.4 ms	T2-weighted STIR: 47 ms
Echo train length/shot	95 ms	T1-weighted: 70 ms
Echo train length/shot	95 ms	T2-weighted STIR: 108 ms
Echo spacing	2.7 ms	T1-weighted: 5.8 ms
Echo spacing	2.7 ms	T2-weighted STIR: 7.2 ms
Sampling bandwidth	1002 Hz/pixel	T1-weighted: 305 Hz/pixel
Sampling bandwidth	1002 Hz/pixel	T2-weighted STIR: 235 Hz/pixel
Magnetization preparation	Dual-inversion for dark blood	Dual-inversion for dark blood
	T2prep (T2_prep time = 60, 90 ms) for T2-weighting	T1-weighted: Chemical shift-selective RF for fat saturation; STIR: short-tau (TI = 170 ms) inversion
	Chemical shift-selective RF for fat saturation
# of RR per trigger	T1-weighted: 1	T1-weighted: 1
# of RR per trigger	T2-weighted: 2	T2-weighted STIR: 2
Scan time/slice	T1-weighted: 4 × RR	T1-weighted: 9 (8 shots + 1 dummy rep) × RR
Scan time/slice	T2-weighted: 8 × RR	T2-weighted STIR: 14 (13 shots + 1 dummy rep) × RR