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Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2018 Jul 19;81(1):167–181. doi: 10.1002/mrm.27358

Table 2.

In-vivo imaging protocol

(a) Brain Imaging
IR FSE
(Reference T1 mapping)
(8min48s)
FOV = 28cm × 28cm, In-plane resolution = 1.1mm × 1.75 mm
Slice thickness = 5mm, Average = 1,
Bandwidth = ±15.63kHz, TR=6s
TI = [50, 200, 350, 425, 500, 750, 900, 1100] ms
Multi-TE SE
(Reference T2 mapping)
(10min10s)
FOV = 28cm × 28cm, In-plane resolution = 2.2mm × 2.2 mm
Parallel imaging factor = 2, Slice thickness = 5mm,
Bandwidth = ±62.5kHz, TR=1.8s
TE = [30, 60, 90, 120, 150] ms
STE-DWI
(Reference ADC mapping)
(1min40s)
FOV = 28cm × 28cm, Resolution = 2.2mm × 2.2 mm,
Parallel imaging factor = 2, Slice thickness = 5mm,
Bandwidth = ±62.5kHz, TR=4s, Diffusion direction = R/L, TM=100ms, TE =40ms,
b== [50, 100, 200(2), 400(4), 600(6), 800(8)] s/mm2
STEM
(13min20s)
TM = 25ms, TE = 49ms FOV = 28cm × 28cm,
Resolution = 2.2mm × 2.2 mm
Parallel imaging factor = 2, Slice thickness = 5mm, Bandwidth = ±62.5kHz, TR=4s
Diffusion direction = R/L,
Same b-values as STE-DWI
TM = 100ms, TE = 40ms
TM = 100ms, TE = 50ms
TM = 100ms, TE = 80ms
TM = 500ms, TE = 40ms
TM = 500ms, TE = 50ms
TM = 500ms, TE = 80ms
TM = 1000ms, TE = 40ms
(b) Prostate Imaging
DESPOT1 with B1 correction
(Reference T1 mapping)
(4min36s)
FOV = 28cm×28×14cm, In-plane resolution = 0.8mm × 0.57 mm
Slice thickness = 5mm, Average = 4,
Bandwidth = ±62.5kHz, TR=4s
Flip angle = [ 10, 5, 1.8]
Multi-TE SE
(Reference T2 mapping)
(8min08s)
FOV = 26cm × 32cm, In-plane resolution = 2.5mm × 2.5 mm
Parallel imaging factor = 2, Slice thickness = 5mm,
Bandwidth = ±62.5kHz, TR=1.8s
TE = [20, 60, 80, 120] ms
STE-DWI
(Reference ADC mapping)
(2min52s)
FOV = 32cm × 32cm, Resolution = 2.5mm × 2.5 mm,
Parallel imaging factor = 2, Slice thickness = 5mm,
Bandwidth = ±62.5kHz, TR=4s, Diffusion direction = R/L, TM=100ms, TE =40ms,
b= [50, 100, 200(2), 400(4), 600(6), 800(8)] s/mm2
STEM
(22min56s)
TM = 25ms, TE = 49ms FOV = 32cm × 32cm,
Resolution = 2.5mm × 2.5 mm
Parallel imaging factor = 2, Slice thickness = 5mm, Bandwidth = ±62.5kHz, TR=4s
Diffusion direction = R/L
TM = 100ms, TE = 40ms
TM = 100ms, TE = 50ms
TM = 100ms, TE = 65ms
TM = 500ms, TE = 40ms
TM = 500ms, TE = 50ms
TM = 500ms, TE = 65ms
TM = 1000ms, TE = 40ms