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Published in final edited form as: Brain Struct Funct. 2017 Nov 1;223(3):1121–1132. doi: 10.1007/s00429-017-1548-2

Table 1.

Case history and MRI sequences

Cases	Age (years)	Gender	Cause of death	Previous neurological diseases	3.0 T MRI scan	PMI^a	Fixation	Plane of section	No. of studied sections	Thickness of the sections (μm)
Case 1	56	Man	Myocardial infarct	None	Yes, in cranio	15h30′	Formalin 20%, immersion, 4 months	Frontal	101	400
Case 2	66	Woman	Blunt trauma^b	None	Yes, in cranio	13h05′	Formalin 20% immersion, 4 months	Axial	279	430
Case 3	56	Man	Myocardial infarct	None	Yes, in cranio	14h40′	Formalin 20% immersion, 4 months	Frontal	285	560

MRI sequences: T1: TR = 6.3 ms, TE = 2.9 ms, TI = 791 ms, 240 9 × 240, 1 9 × 1 9 × 1 mm voxels 3D; Axial FLAIR: TR = 8613 ms, TI = 2800 ms, TE = 130 ms, 0.65 mm 9 × 0.87 mm, 1 NEX 3 mm/0.3 mm, FOV 230 mm 9 × 183 mm, 2D, DTI: b = 3000, TE = 65 ms, TR 23.650 ms, FOV 256 mm 9 × 256 mm, resolution 2.0 mm 9 × 2.0 mm 9 × 2.0 mm, NEX 2, gradient 32 directions, SENSE = 2 (AP), Flip angle = 90

PMI post-mortem interval (time between death and autopsy)

Without brain injuries