Table 1. MRI parameters for prostate imaging.
T2 axial | DWI | DCE | |
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Sequence | TSE | EPI DWI | 2D FLASH |
TR (ms) | 6360 | 1300 | 193 |
TE (ms) | 108 | 67 | 1.05 |
FOV (mm2) | 160 × 160 | 200 × 200 | 300 × 225 |
Voxel size (mm3) | 0.7 × 0.6 × 3 | 2.2 × 2.2 × 4 | 2.1 × 1.6 × 6 |
Matrix | 256 × 230 | 90 × 90 | 192 × 144 |
PAT factor | 2 | — | — |
Number of slices | 22 | 10 | 4–6 |
B-value | — | 0,50,150,300,600,800 | — |
No. of measurements | 1 | 1 | 50 |
Temporal resolution (sec) | — | — | 4 |
DWI = diffusion weighted imaging, DCE = dynamic contrast enhanced, FLASH = fast low angle shot, TE = echo time, TR = repetition time, TSE = turbo spin echo, PAT = parallel imaging factor.