Table 2.
Multiparametric MRI protocol.
Slice | Reconstruction | |||||||
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FOV | thickness | TR/TE | slice thickness | |||||
Sequence | Imaging plane | Physiology | Volumetry | (cm) | (mm) | Matrix | (ms) | (mm) |
AX T2-WI fat-suppressed | Axial | Respiratory-triggered | 2D | 34 | 6 | - | 79/283-14,000 | 1 |
DWI (b value = 0/50 s/mm2) | Axial | Respiratory-triggered | 2D | 34 | 6 | 224 × 256 | 1.0/13,332 | 1 |
DWI (b value = 400/800 s/mm2) | Axial | Respiratory-triggered | 2D | 34 | 6 | 224 × 256 | 15,485 | 1 |
Single-shot fast spin-echo T2WI | Coronal | Breath-hold | 2D | 38 | 5 | 256 × 224 | 120/minimum | 1 |
T2WI | Axial | Breath-hold | 2D | 34 | 5 | 256 × 192 | 160/4100 | 1 |
Chemical shift (in-phase + out-of-phase) T1WI | Axial | Breath-hold | 2D | 34 | 03/08/19 | 256 × 192 | Minimum- 4.2/6.2 | 1 |
Chemical shift (in-phase + out-of-phase) T1WI | Coronal | Breath-hold | 2D | 30 | 5 | 256 × 160 | 2.2; 4.5/230 | 1 |
Unenhanced T1WI fat-suppressed GRE | Axial + coronal | Breath-hold | 3D | 38 | 03/08/19 | 256 × 224 | 1.4/3.3 | - |
Post-gadolinium dynamic fat-suppressed GRE | Coronal + axial | Breath-hold | 3D | 38 | 3.8/3.4 | 256 × 224 | 1.9/4.4 | - |
(delayed) | (delayed) |