Table 2.

DTI acquisition parameters for each scanner

	GE 1.5 T	Philips 1.5 T	Siemens 3 T	Philips 3 T
b‐values [s mm‐2]	0, 1000	0, 1000	0, 1000	0, 1000
No. of gradient directions	30	30	30	30
TE [msec]	80	82	88	74
TR [msec]	9218	8000	7100	6844
FoV [mm2]	400 × 400	380 × 380	400 × 400	400 × 400
Acquisition matrix	128 × 128	128 × 128	128 × 128	128 × 128
Slice thickness [mm]	4	4	4	4
No. of slices	16	14	14	14
Parallel imaging method	ASSET	SENSE	GRAPPA	SENSE
Acquisition time	5 min 12 s	4 min 56 s	4 min 18 s	4 min 23 s