Table 1.
Imaging Parameters for healthy subject CMR studies
| 3D FSE | 3D bSSFP | |
|---|---|---|
| TR | RR-interval | 4.2 ms |
| TEeff (ms) | 30.0 | 2.1 |
| Echo-spacing (ms) | 3.0 | – |
| FOV (mm3) | 300 × 300 × 110 | 300 × 300 × 110 |
| Voxel size (mm3) | 1.3 × 1.3 × 1.3 | 1.3 × 1.3 × 1.3 |
| Slice oversampling | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Number of startup echoes | 8 | 10 |
| Pixel bandwidth (Hz) | 1657 | 1238 |
| Number of averages | 1 | 1 |
| Orientation | Coronal | Coronal |
| SENSE acceleration | 2 (PE) | 2 (PE) |
| Respiratory gating | 7 mm G + 0.6 T | 7 mm G + 0.6 T |
| Acquisition window (ms) | 140 | 140 |
| Fat suppression | SPIR | SPIR |
| Nominal scan time | 4 min 7 s | 4 min 16 s |
bSSFP balanced steady state free precession, FH foot-head, FOV field of view, FSE fast spin echo, PE phase encoding, SENSE sensitivity encoding, G gating, T tracking, TE echo time, TR repetition time, SPIR spectral presaturation with inversion recovery