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. 2016 Dec 18;(118):52352. doi: 10.3791/52352
Parameter Localizers T1-Weighted T2-Weighted
General Sequence type 2D, multi-slice, gradient-echo 2D, multi-slice, fast spin-echo 2D, multi-slice, fast spin-echo
Preparation phases Transmitter gain, receiver gain, center frequency, auto-shim Receiver gain, center frequency, VOI shim Receiver gain, center frequency, VOI shim
Receive coil Cardiac Cardiac Cardiac
Number of excitations 1 1 1
Total scan duration (min:sec) 1:23 1:40 0:54
Geometry Anatomical plane(s) Axial, coronal, and sagittal Axial Axial
Number of slices/plane 20 11 11
Slice thickness (mm) 10 7 7
Inter-slice gap (mm) 0 0 0
Slice acquisition order Interleaved Interleaved Interleaved
Acquired matrix 150 x 150 340 x 335 256 x 256
Reconstructed matrix 512 x 512 512 x 512 512 x 512
Field of view (mm) 450 x 450 256 x 256 256 x 256
Reconstructed voxel size (mm) 0.88 x 0.88 x 10.00 0.50 x 0.50 x 7.00 0.50 x 0.50 x 7.00
Contrast Repetition time (ms) 9 530 3000
Effective echo time (ms) 7 6.2 100
Echo spacing (ms) N/A 6.2 11.8
Excitation flip angle (°) 20 90 90
Refocusing flip angle (°) N/A 110 120
RF shimming Static Adaptive Adaptive
Signal acquisition Readout type Cartesian Cartesian Cartesian
Parallel imaging No SENSE (g=1.4) SENSE (g=2.0)
Bandwidth/pixel (Hz/pixel) 1237.8 377.1 286.6