TABLE 1.
Sequence parameters of the PC MR sequence used.
| Parameters | PC MR sequence |
| Field of view (FoV) | 150 × 150 mm2 |
| Maximal acquired voxel size | 0.5 × 0.5 × 3.0 mm3 |
| Reconstructed voxel size | 0.45 × 0.45 × 3.0 mm3 |
| Number of slices | 1 |
| Repetition time (TR) | 13 ms |
| Echo time (TE) | 8.0 ms |
| Flip angle | 15° |
| Number of signal averages (NSA) | 1 |
| Receiver bandwidth | 216 Hz/pixel |
| Velocity encoding (VENC) | 22 cm/s |
| Cardiac synchronization | Peripheral pulse triggering |
| Heart phases | 12–16 |
| Acquisition time in min | 4–7 min (heart rate dependent) |