TABLE 1.
2D GRE (comparison) | 3D radial (comparison) | FLORET (comparison) | FLORET (fully sampled) | |
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Resolution (mm) | 3.00 × 3.00 × 8.82 (79 mm3) | 4.41 × 4.41 × 4.41 (86 mm3) | 3.00 × 3.00 × 3.00 (27 mm3) | 3.26 × 3.26 × 3.26 (35 mm3) |
FOV (mm) | 300 × 300 × 300 | 300 × 300 × 300 | 300 × 300 × 300 | 300 × 300 × 300 |
Matrix size | 100 × 100 × 34 | 68 × 68 × 68 | 100 × 100 × 100 | 92 × 92 × 92 |
Effective excitations (Nex) | 63 | 3600 | 1088 | 612 |
Encoding method | Phase: −ky to +ky Slice: head to foot |
Ten-interleave Archimedean spiral | Two-hub minimal angular difference18 | Two-hub minimal angular difference18 |
Flip angle | 10.1° | 1.4° | 2.5° | 3.3° |
TE (ms) | 1.98 | 0.149 | 0.118 | 0.118 |
Dwell time (us) | 31.5 | 31.6 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
Readout (ms) | 3.93 | 2.18 | 7.78 | 19.0 |
TR (ms) | 6.70 | 4.08 | 10.0 | 21.2 |
Scan duration (seconds) | 15.7 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 |