Table 1.
MRI parameters
| STIR T 2WI with FS | T 1WI with FS | DWI (b = 0, 800) |
Dynamic study with FS (One pre and six post-contrast series) |
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| Orientation | Coronal | Coronal | Axial | Coronal |
| Sequence | SE/IR | SE | ss-EPI | GR |
| TR/TE | 7100/76 | 672/10 | 3000/75 | 5.53/2.1 |
| Flip angle (°) | 170 | 75 | 90 | 14.87 |
| Echotrain length | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Matrix | 384 × 230 | 384 × 230 | 128 × 70 | 387 × 176 |
| Thickness (mm) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.3 |
| Voxel size (mm) | 0.8 × 0.6×5.0 | 0.8 × 0.5×5.0 | 3.3 × 2.5×5.0 | 1.2 × 0.8×1.3 |
DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; FS, Fat Suppression; GR, Gradient Echo; SE, Spin Echo; STIR, Short-Tau Inversion-Recovery; T 1WI, T 1 weighted imaging; T 2WI, T 2 weighted imaging; ss-EPE, Single shot-Echo Planar Imaging.