Table 1.

PDIP 3D stack-of-stars gradient-echo imaging parameters for 1.5 Tesla and 3 Tesla.

Magnetic field strength	1.5 Tesla	3 Tesla
Scan time (min)	8.2	7.4
Reconstructed / acquired slice thickness (mm)	1.0 / 1.3	0.5 / 1.0
Slice oversampling (%)	25	25
Reconstructed / acquired slices per slab	128/98	128/64
Partial Fourier (slice)	7/8	7/8
Signal averages	1	2
TR (ms)	7.61	4.82
TE (ms)	4.77	2.46
Flip angle (degrees)	3.5	2.5
Fat suppression	none	none
Radial views	600	660
Matrix	384	416
Field of view (mm)	416	416
In-plane spatial resolution (mm)	1.08	1.00
Bandwidth (Hz/pixel)	300	460