TABLE 1:
Imaging Details | Sequence 1a | Sequence 2b | Sequence 3c | Sequence 4d |
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Unenhanced and gadolinium-enhanced MRI | ||||
Contrast | Unenhanced | Unenhanced | Unenhanced | Contrast-enhanced |
Image type | T1-weighted sagittal FFE | T1-weighted axial SE | T2-weighted axial TSE | T1-weighted MP-RAGE sagittal 3D TFE |
FOV (mm) | 180 × 240 | 180 × 240 | 180 × 240 | 230 × 230 |
Matrix | 192 × 256 | 192 × 256 | 192 × 256 | 230 × 230 |
Slice thickness (mm)e | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI | ||||
Image type | T1-weighted sagittal FFE | T1-weighted axial SE | T2-weighted axial TSE | T1-weighted MP-RAGE sagittal 3D TFE |
FOV (mm) | 180 × 240 | 180 × 240 | 180 × 240 | 230 × 230 |
Matrix | 192 × 256 | 192 × 256 | 192 × 256 | 230 × 230 |
Slice thickness (mm)e | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Note—For all study subjects, gadolinium-enhanced MRI examinations were performed immediately after administration of a standard 0.1 mmol/kg IV dose of gadoteridol. For ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI, baseline T1-weighted unenhanced imaging was performed on day 1 immediately before ferumoxytol injection. Ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI was performed 24 hours after IV injection of 510 mg of ferumoxytol diluted in normal saline to optimize anatomic enhancement detection (on day 2). FFE = fast-field echo, SE = spin echo, TSE = turbo spin echo, MP-RAGE = magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo, TFE = turbo field echo.
TR, 300 ms; number of signals acquired, 4.
TR/TE, 700/14; number of signals acquired, 1.
R/TE, 9000/72; number of signals acquired, 1.
TR/TE, 8.2/3.8; number of signals acquired, 1; flip angle, 8°.
All sections were contiguous and interleaved.