Table 1.

Scan Parameter Summary

Refocusing flip angles (initial/minimum/central/last)	130°/90°/100°/45°
Slice thickness	5 mm
Slice gap	0
Matrix	320 × 180
FOV	300–420 mm × 240–336 mm
Number of slices	35 – 64
Echo time (TE)	90.9 – 93.1 msec
Repetition time (TR)	436.5 – 560.6 msec
Total scan time	16.9 – 32.8 sec
Bandwidth	488.2 Hz/pixel
Acceleration factor for variable density sampling	3.5
Sampling pattern	Variable-density sampling (51 acquired PE views) with an auto-calibration region (20 PE views)
Proportion of k-space coverage	1 (full)