Table 1. MR imaging parameters.

Sequence	3D FS T1-weighted GRE		3D b-TFE
Scan plane	Axial		Oblique sagittal		Oblique coronal
Tesla	3 T	1.5 T	3 T	1.5 T	3 T	1.5 T
TR (ms)	4.2	4.05	2.16	3.40	2.16	3.36
TE (ms)	1.45	1.96	1.08	1.70	1.08	1.68
FOV (mm)	320 × 320	315 × 350	400 × 400	272 × 340	400 × 400	360 × 360
Matrix	280 × 212	160 × 112	200 × 200	224 × 224	200 × 200	224 × 179
ST (mm)	5	5	10	10	10	10
SI (mm)	2.5	2.5	10	10	10	10
Sense factor	2	2	2	2	2	2
Acquisition time	10 seconds within one breath hold		3 minutes with free breathing, 1 second per image (30 images of 5 second intervals at 5 consecutive planes)

FS, fat-suppressed, GRE, gradient echo, b-TFE, balanced-turbo field echo, TR, repetition time, TE, echo time, FOV, field-of-view, ST, slice thickness, SI, slice interval