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. 2015 Jun 3;36(9):3516–3527. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22859

Table 1.

Summary of demographic, MRI system, and 3D T1 acquisition differences across MRI sites

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6 Site 7 Site 8 Site 9 Site 10 Site 11 Site 12 Site 13
MRI site location Verona Barcelona Leipzig Marseille Essen Naples Genoa Thessaloniki Amsterdam Lille Toulouse Chieti Perugia
Subjects' age (range):mean ± SD, years 67.8 ± 9.9 (26) 74.6 ± 2.7 (6) 62.8 ± 2.6 (6) 66.0 ± 8.3 (20) 52.4 ± 1.5 (3) 59.0 ± 3.5 (9) 58.2 ± 2.2 (5) 56.6 ± 5.5 (5) 62.8 ± 8.2 (21) 64.2 ± 5.3 (13) 59.2 ± 4.5 (12) 68.8 ± 4.3 (11) 60.8 ± 10.3 (24)
Test‐retest days interval 28 ± 23 10 ± 3 13 ± 3 23 ± 22 11 ± 5 19 ± 15 24 ± 17 32 ± 8 11 ± 6 15 ± 11 14 ± 10 11 ± 5 10 ± 4
Gender, (females/N) 2/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 2/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 5/5 3/5
3T MRI scanner Siemens Allegra Siemens TrioTim Siemens TrioTim Siemens Verio Siemens Skyra Siemens Biograph mMR GE HDxt GE HDxt GE Discovery MR750 Philips Achieva Philips Achieva Philips Achieva Philips Achieva
MR system software version VA25A B17 B17 B17 D11 B18P 15 M4A 15 M4A DV2 2.0a DV23.1 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.2.2
TX/ RX coil Birdcage Body/8‐chan. Body/8‐chan. Body/12‐chan. Body/20‐chan. Body/12‐chan. Body/8‐chan. Body/8‐chan. Body/8‐chan Body/8‐chan. Body/8‐chan. Body/8‐chan. Body/8‐chan.
Parallel imaging:method, acceleration None GRAPPA 2 GRAPPA 2 GRAPPA 2 GRAPPA 2 GRAPPA 2 ASSET 2 ASSET 2 ASSET 2 SENSE 1.5 SENSE 1.5 SENSE 2 SENSE 2
TE (ms, shortest) 2.83 2.98 2.98 2.98 2.03 2.96 2.86 2.98 2.92 3.16 3.16 3.10 3.10
Acquisition time (min:sec) 9:50 5:12 5:12 5:12 5:12 5:03 4:43 4:40 4:14 6:50 6:50 6:08 6:08
a

An operating system upgrade happened during the study in site 13. DV22 was used for the first volunteer and DV23.1 for the rest.