Table 1:

Acquisition parameters for 3D-T2-STIR-ZOOMit and 2D T2-STIR

Parameter	3D-T2-STIR-ZOOMit	2D-T2-STIR
Mode	3D	2D
Acquisition plane	Transversal	Coronal
TR/TE (ms)	240/119	4880/101
Magnetization preparation	Non-selective STIR	Non-selective STIR
TI (ms)	220	220
FOV read/FOV phase	80 mm × 100%	180 mm × 100%
Base resolution/phase/section	128/100%/100%	320/100%/–
Acquired voxel size (X, Y, Z) (mm)	0.6, 0.6, 0.6	0.6, 0.6, 2.5
Interpolated voxel size (X, Y, Z) (mm)	0.3, 0.3, 0.6
Flip angle	Variable	140°
Turbo factor	46	35
Averages	1.4	1
Acceleration factor (GRAPPA)	2	None
Scan duration (min/sec)	8/54	2/57

Note:—GRAPPA, generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition; STIR, short tau inversion recovery.