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. 2019 Dec 16;30(4):2231–2240. doi: 10.1007/s00330-019-06542-9

Table 2.

qDESS MRI sequence parameters

Sequence parameter qDESS
Matrix (RO × PE) 416 × 512
IN-plane resolution (mm2) 0.42 × 0.31
Slice thickness (mm) 1.5
Number of slices 80
TE S+, TE S− (ms) 5.7, 30.1
Number of echoes 2
TR (ms) 17.9
Flip angle (°) 20
Bandwidth (± kHz) 42
Parallel imaging 2 × 1
% corners cut 25
Scan time (mm:ss) 04:48

qDESS, quantitative double-echo steady-state; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; RO, readout; PE, phase encodes; TE, echo time; TR, repetition time