Table 1.
MRI acquisition parameters
| Synthetic MRI | MESE T 2 mapping | |
| TR (ms) | 4000 | 1083 |
| TE (ms) | 2290 | 9,18,28,37,46,55,64,73,83,92,101,110,119,129,138,147 |
| TI (ms) | 130, 500, 1370, 2970 a | – |
| Flip angle | 120 | 90 |
| Field of view | 34 | 30 |
| Matrix | 320 × 256 | 320 × 224 |
| Section thickness (mm) | 5 | 5 |
| Interslice gap (mm) | 5 | 5 |
| Number of sections | 26 | 14 |
| Echo-train length | 12 | 1 |
| Acceleration factor | 2 | 1 |
| Acquisition time (min) | 5 min 32 s | 8 min 2 s |
TE, echo time; TI, inversion time; TR, repetition time;MESE, multiecho spin echo;
a
Four saturation delays, automatically calculated.