Table 1.

Magnetic resonance neurography sequences for a 3T Philips system (Philips, Best, Netherlands). 3D CRANI and 3D PSIF (reversed fast imaging in steady-state free precession) sequences

	3D CRANI	3D PSIF
Basic MRI technique	3D STIR (TSE)	3D FFE (GE)
TR/TE (ms)	2300/188	12/2.5
FOV (AP/RL/FH mm)	200/200/100	200/164/200
Acquired voxel size (AP/RL/FH mm)	0.9/0.9/0.9 (isotropic)	0.9/0.9/0.9 (isotropic)
Reconstructed voxel size (AP/RL/FH mm)	0.5/0.5/0.45	0.45/0.4/0.4
Slice thickness (mm)	0.5	0.45
Slice oversampling	1.5	1.4
Acquisition time (min:sec)	5:17	6:45
Compressed sensing (acceleration rate)	Yes (3)	No
Flip angle	N/A	35°
Fat suppression technique	STIR	Proset
TSE factor	43 (Startup echoes: 2, linear in Y direction)	N/A
Additional techniques	MSDE “Black blood” pulse Pseudo steady state sweep
Post-processing	MIP/MPR
Multiplanar reformatting	Orthogonal plane: 5 mm slab thickness with 4.5 mm overlap Curved/oblique planes: 9 mm slap thickness with 8.5 mm overlap

CRANI, CRAnial Nerve Imaging; FFE, Fast field echo; FOV, Field-of-view; GE, Gradient echo; MIP, Maximum-intensity-projection; MPR, Multiplanar reformatting; MSDE, Motion-sensitized driven equilibrium; N/A, Not applicable; PSIF, reversed fast imaging in steady-state free precession; STIR, Short tau inversion recovery; TE, Echo time; TR, Repetition time; TSE, Turbospin echo.

These can be further supplemented with routine brain T₁W, T₂W, CISS and FLAIR images.