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. 2019 Feb 25;40(8):2529–2545. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24542

Table 2.

Diffusion sequences used in the study

B‐tensor encoding (LTE + STE) Multiple TE (LTE)
Group A Group B Group C Group A Group C
TR (ms) 7,000 4,000 5,200 7,000 6,900
TE (ms) 100 106 106 50,90,120,150 50,85,120,155
Matrix size 110 × 110 128 × 128 128 × 128 110 × 110 128 × 128
Number of slices 30 27 35 30 35
Resolution (mm2) 2 × 2 2 × 2 2 × 2 2 × 2 2 × 2
Slice thickness (mm) 2 4 4 2 4
PI factora 2 2 2 2 2
Partial Fourier 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75
b‐values (ms/μm2) 0.1,0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0b 0.1,0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0b 0.1,0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0b 0.1, 0.5c 0, 0.5c
b Δ‐values 1 and 0 1 and 0 1 and 0 1 1
# directions/b‐value 6, 10, 12, 16, 20 6, 6, 10, 16, 30 6, 6, 10, 16, 30 6, 6 1, 6
Number of samples 128 136 136 12 12
Scan time (min) 15.5 9 12 7 4.5
Maxwell compensationd Yes No No Yes No
Head coil array 64 ch 20 ch 20 ch 64 ch 20 ch
Data prev. published No Yese No No No
a

GRAPPA.

b

All acquired using both LTE and STE.

c

Both acquired using LTE for all TE.

d

Szczepankiewicz and Nilsson (2018).

e

Lampinen et al. (2017).