Table 1.

Imaging protocols of the tested MRI scanners

Imaging protocols	GE Discovery MR750	Siemens Skyra	Philips Ingenia CX
Field strength (T)	3.0	3.0	3.0
Sequence name	BRAVO	tfl3d1	T1W_3D_TFE
Sequence type	T1 inversion-prepared FSGRE	MPRAGE	3D TFE
TR (ms)	6.7	1900	8.2
TE (ms)	2.9	2.5	3.7
TI (ms)	400.0	900.0	964.9
FA (°)	12	9	8
Matrix	256 × 256	256 × 256	256 × 256
FOV (mm)	256 × 256	256 × 256	256 × 256
Slice thickness(mm)	1	1	1
Angulation	Sagittal	Sagittal	Sagittal
Voxel size (mm)	1 × 1	1 × 1	1 × 1
Number of slices	190	192	190
TA (min:s)	05:51	04:31	05:34

FA flip angle, FOV field of view, TA acquisition time, TE echo time, TI inversion time, TR repetition time