Table 1.

Multiparametric MRI acquisition parameters given for prostate imaging at 3-Tesla with and without use of an endorectal coil.

Multiparametric MR Imaging Sequence Parameters at 3T
	With endorectal coil				Surface coil only
Parameter	T2 Weighted	DWI*	High b- Value DWI†	DCE MR Imaging‡	T2 Weighted	DWI**	High b- Value DWI††	DCE MR Imaging‡‡
Field of view (mm)	140 × 140	140 × 140	140 × 140	262 × 262	180 × 180	140 × 140	140 × 140	262 × 262
Acquisition Matrix	304 × 234	112 × 109	76 × 78	188 × 96	320 × 216	80 × 79	64 × 62	176 × 66
Repetition time (msec)	4434	4986	6987	3.7	3686	4766	7203	3.7
Echo time (msec)	120	54	52	2.3	120	45	47	2.3
Flip angle (degrees)	90	90	90	8.5	90	90	90	8.5
Section thickness (mm), no gaps	3	3	3	3	3	2.73	2.73	3
Image reconstruction matrix (pixels)	512 × 512	256 × 256	256 × 256	256 × 256	512 × 512	128 × 128	128 × 128	256 × 256
Reconstruction voxel imaging resolution (mm/pixel)	0.27 × 0.27 × 3.00	0.55 × 0.55 × 2.73	0.55 × 0.55 × 2.73	1.02 × 1.02 × 3.00	0.35 × 0.35 × 3.00	1.09 × 1.09 × 2.73	1.09 × 1.09 × 2.73	1.02 × 1.02 × 3.00
Time for acquisition (min:sec)	2:48	4:54	3:50	5:16	4:48	4:54	6:07	5:16

^*For ADC map calculation. Five evenly-spaced b values (0–750 sec/mm2) were used

^†b=2000 sec/mm2

^‡DCE Images obtained, before, during, and after a single dose of gadopentetate dimeglumine 0.1mmol/kg at 3 mL/sec. Each sequence obtained at 5.6 s intervals

^**For ADC map calculation. Three evenly-spaced b values (0–600 sec/mm2) were used

^††b=1500 sec/mm2

^‡‡DCE Images obtained, before, during, and after a single dose of gadopentetate dimeglumine 0.1mmol/kg at 3 mL/sec. Each sequence obtained at 5.6 s intervals