Table 3.

MR-spectroscopy sequence protocol. TR, repetition time, TE, echo time, FID, free induction decay, CSI, chemical shift imaging, PRESS, point resolved spectroscopy, * nominal size due to k-space sampling, ** defined by slice selection, *** delay between excitation and data acquisition.

Sequence	Slice Thickness	TR; Excitation Flip Angle	TE	Matrix Size; in Plane Resolution	Vector Size; Bandwidth	Scan Time
3D FID 31P CSI	25 mm *	2000 ms; 60°	2.3 *** ms	8 × 8 × 8 at 240 × 240 × 200 mm3 FOV interpolated to 16 × 16 × 16; 30 × 30 mm2 *	1024; 2000 Hz	10:44 m
2D 1H PRESS sequence	12.5 mm **	1500 ms; 90°	30 ms	16 × 16 at 240 × 240, interpolated to 32 × 32; 15 × 15 mm2 *	1024; 2000 Hz	4:45 m