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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2019 May 13;199:18–29. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.015

Table 2:

Sequences and scan parameters used in typical brain exams and in thermal simulations. Here TR refers to repetition time, TE to echo time, WE to bandwidth, FOV to field of view, FA to flip angle, and ST to slice thickness.

Index Sequence TR (ms) TE (ms) FOV (cm) B1+ (uT) Acq. Time ΔT[°C] Body coil/LP coil
1 Localizer 8.6 4 250 0.4 0:13 <0.1°/<0.1°
2 AX T1 TSE 486 13 200 2.4 2:46 6.9°/0.3°
3 AX T2 TSE 4500 83 240 2.8 3:47 10.8°/0.7°
4 AX FLAIR 9000 81 220 1.7 2:44 2.2°/0.2°
5 AX CISS 8.21 3.81 180 2.4 5:30 8.0°/0.4°
6 AX 3D TOF 21 3.43 200 2.3 5:52 7.1°/0.5°
7 Diffusion 6600 99 220 1.3 1:54 2.0°/0.1°
8 fMRI 2020 20 170 0.9 8:33 1.3°/<0.1°