Table 1.
MRI sequence parameters
| Imaging plane | T2‐TSE | mDixon (pre‐ and post‐contrasta) | DWI (b0, 100, 300, 1000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transverse | Coronal | Transverse | |
| TE (ms) | 80 | 1·02/1·8 | 71 |
| TR (ms) | 1228 | 3·0 | 6371 |
| FOV (mm*mm) | 500*300 | 502*300 | 500*306 |
| Voxel size (mm*mm) | 1*1 | 2·1*2·1 | 4*4·2 |
| Number of slices | 40 | 120 | 40 |
| Slice thickness (mm) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Acquisition matrix | 500*286 | 144*238 | 124*72 |
| ETL | 91 | 2 | 39 |
| Acceleration factor (SENSE) | 2 | 2 | 2·5 |
| Pixel bandwidth (Hz) | 537 | 1992 | 3369 |
| Scan time (s) | 47 | 17 | 152 |
T2‐TSE, T2‐weighted turbo spin echo; mDixon, modified dixon; DWI, diffusion weighted imaging; TE, time of echo; TR, time of repetition; FOV, field of view; ETL, echo train length; SENSE, sensitivity encoding.
a
Contrast agent 20 ml intravenous gadoterate meglumine, Dotarem®, Guerbet, Villepint, France.