Table 2.
Avanto, Siemens Medical Solution, Erlangen, Germany, MRI characteristics
| Sequence | Plane | TR (ms) | TE (ms) | Matrix (mm) | GAP (mm) | FOV (mm) | Thinkness (mm) |
| STIR1 | Coronal | 5000-6000 | 118 | 320x320 | 0.6 | 400-500 | 3 |
| PD6 | Axial | 3000-6000 | 12-123 | 238x384 | 0.6 | 400-500 | 4 |
| PD Fat Sat3 | Axial | 3000-6000 | 12-123 | 238x384 | 0.8 | 400-500 | 4 |
| SE T14 | Axial | 636 | 10 | 224x320 | 0.8 | 400-500 | 4 |
| DWI5 | Axial | 4000-8000 | 70 | 160x160 | 0.8 | 400-500 | 4 |
1. short tau inversion recovery; 2. T2 turbo spin-echo; 3. proton density fat saturation; 4. spin echo T1; 5. diffusion-weighted imaging; 6. proton density