Table 1.
Parameters of MRI
| Axial T1 weighted |
Axial T2 weighted mDixon |
Coronal T2 weighted mDixon |
Sagittal T2 weighted mDixon |
|
| TR (ms) | 620 | 4100 | 2000 | 5000 |
| TE (ms) | 11 | 59 | 60 | 58 |
| NEX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FOV (mm) | 139–180 | 150 × 150 | 150 × 150 | 160 × 160 |
| Matrix | 512 × 317 | 448 × 269 | 448 × 282 | 448 × 314 |
| Voxel size (mm) | 0.3 × 0.3 × 2.5 | 0.3 × 0.3 × 2.5 | 0.3 × 0.3 × 3.0 | 0.4 × 0.4 × 3.0 |
| Slice thickness (mm) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 |
| Slice gap (mm) | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Bandwidth (Hz/pixel) | 257 | 207 | 260 | 211 |
| Imaging time (min:s) | 2:12 | 3:25 | 3:04 | 2:25 |
FOV, field of view; NEX, number of excitations; mDixon, modified Dixon; TE, echo time; TR, repetition time.