Table 1.

Pulse sequences and their parameters used in MR relaxometryand diffusion experiments.

	Sequence		Flip Angle (°)	FOV (cm)	Matrix	Slice thickness/ Spacing (mm)	TE (ms) [# echoes/echo spacing (ms)]	TR (ms)	BW (kHz)	NEX
T2	3D CPMG		90x/90x− 180y−90x	14×9.8×16	96×68×80	2/NA	5.8–92.7 [16/5.8]	800	±62.5	1
T2	Single-echo Spin Echo		90x/180y	13	128×128	2/3	8–52.2 [8/5.8*]	800	±62.5	3
T2*	Multi-echo Fast GRE		30	18	128×128	2/3	2.4–24.4 [8/3.144]	800	±62.5	2
T1	Single-echo Spin Echo		90x/180y	11	128×128	2/3	9	50–4000§	±31.25	4–16¶
Diffusion	Line scan Spin Echo	5–5,000 s/mm2	90x/180y	12×9	128×96	5/4	88	3200	±7.8	1
		5–50,000 s/mm2		20×10	128×64	8/4	150.7

^*The first echo spacing was 3.6 ms (i.e., 11.6 ms TE), 5.8 ms thereafter.

^§Intermediate TR times acquired were 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 2000, and 3000 ms.

^¶NEX was progressively increased for increasingly short TR acquisitions.