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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Radiol. 2017 Feb;52(2):120–127. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000322

Table 1.

Sequence parameters for thoracic cavity registration and the HP 129Xe ventilation image.

Parameter Thoracic cavity 1H image
Steady-state free precession sequence
HP 129Xe ventilation image
Spoiled gradient echo sequence
Repetition time (msec) 2.8 7.9
Echo time (msec) 1.2 1.9
Flip angle (degrees) 45 5 – 7
Slice thickness (mm) 15 15
Field of view (cm2) 40 × 40 40 × 28 – 40
Acquisition matrix 128 × 128 128 × 90 – 128
Receiver bandwidth (kHz) 125 8
Acquisition time (sec) 15 10–14