. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Abdom Radiol (NY). 2017 Dec;42(12):2843–2854. doi: 10.1007/s00261-017-1206-4

Table 1.

MRE acquisition parameters

	2D MRE	3D MRE
Pulse sequence	GRE	SE-EPI
Phase offsets	4	3
Slice Thickness	10 mm	3.5 mm
Interslice gap	0 mm	-
Number of slices	4	28 – 32
Motion-sensitization	z-direction	x,y,z-direction
Echo time (TE)	20.2	49.4
Repetition time (TR)	50	1333.8 ms
Flip angle (FA)	30°	90°
Image matrix	256 × 64	72 × 72
Field of view (FOV)	38 × 38 cm	44.8 × 44.8 cm
Number of signal averages	1	1
Parallel imaging acceleration factor	2	3
Bandwidth (BW)	±31.25 kHz	±250 kHz

GRE = Gradient-recalled echo; SE-EPI=spin-echo echo-planar imaging.