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. 2020 Aug 13;10(8):e038120. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038120

Table 2.

A: MR acquisition parameters for Phase 1 (n=54)

Sequence type Slice orientation TR (ms) TE (ms) Flip angle (°) Acquisition
matrix:
Reconstructed resolution (mm) Other parameters Acquisition duration (min:s)
A: MR acquisition parameters for phase 1 (n=54)
 3D-T1 Coronal ~7 ~2.5 8 256×256 0.94×0.94×1.0 TI=650 ms 5:03
 FLAIR Axial 9000 148 90 256×256 0.94×0.94×3.0 TI=2250 ms 4:50
 rs-fMRI Axial 2000 30 70 64×64 3.75×3.75×3.8 200 Volumes 5:10
 DWI Axial 9000 ~80 90 80×80 0.94×0.94×3.0 b=1000 s/mm2; 31 directions 6:01
 qT118 Axial 15 000 ~24 40 160×160 1.0×1.0×4.0 Eight echoes; B1 map included 8:09
 qT2 Coronal 3000 ~8 to 128 90 256×128 0.94×0.94×4.0 16 Echoes; echo spacing=8 ms 9:48
 QSM19 Axial 30 ~3 to 28 20 192×192 1.0×1.0×1.0 Eight echoes; echo spacing=3.4 ms 4:13
 pcASL Axial 4899 ~11 111 512×10 1.88×1.88×5.0 Post label delay=2025 ms; NEX=1 6:55
B: MR acquisition parameters for Phase 2 (n=271)
 3D-T1 Sagittal ~7 ~2.5 8 256×256 0.94×0.94×1.0 TI=650 ms 5:44
 FLAIR Axial 9000 148 90 256×256 0.94×0.94×3.0 TI=2250 ms 4:50
 rs-fMRI Axial 2000 30 70 64×64 3.75×3.75×3.8 200 Volumes 5:10
 DWI Axial 9000 ~80 90 80×80 0.94×0.94×3.0 b=1000 s/mm2; 31 directions 6:01
 qT120 Axial 15 000 ~24 40 160×160 1.0×1.0×4.0 Eight echoes; variable TI 5:35
 qT2 Axial 3000 ~8 to 128 90 256×128 0.94×0.94×4.0 16 Echoes; echo spacing=8 ms 9:48
 QSM19 Axial 30 ~3 to 28 20 192×192 1.0×1.0×1.0 Eight echoes; echo spacing=3.4 ms 3:58
 pcASL Axial 4899 ~11 111 512×8 1.79×1.79×3.5 Post label delay=2025 ms; NEX=3 4:45

T1, spin–lattice relaxation time constant.

T2, spin–spin relaxation time constant.

TI, inversion time.

DTI, diffusion tensor imaging; DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; FLAIR, fluid attenuated inversion recovery; IR, inversion recovery; MR, magnetic resonance; NEX, number of excitations; pcASL, pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling; QSM, quantitative susceptibility mapping; rs-fMRI, resting state functional MRI.