Table 1.
Imaging parameters for all three clinical sites
| MRI acquisition parameters | Clinical sites | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung | Breast | Cervix | |
| Scanner |
1.5T (Ge Signa HDE) Gradient strength 23mT/m |
3T (Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, Germany) |
1.5T (Symphony, Siemens medical Systems, Erlangen Germany) 24mT/m |
| Receiver coils | 8‐channel surface coil |
Supine : 18‐channel surface coil Prone: 16‐channel breast coil |
6‐channel surface coil |
| Imaging sequence |
T2: SSFSE T1: LAVA |
T2: TSE | T2: 3D TSE (SPACE) |
| Acquisition plane | Transverse | Transverse | Transverse |
| Slice thickness | 6 mm | 2 mm | 2.5 mm |
SSFSE, single‐shot fast‐spin echo; LAVA, Liver acquisition with volume acceleration; TSE, turbo‐spin echo; SPACE, sampling perfection with application optimised contrast.