Table 3.

Sequence parameters of DWI

Imaging plane	Axial
Echo time (ms)	93
Repetition time (ms)	8300
Field of view (mm)	221 × 260
In-plane resolution (mm × mm)	1.625 × 1.625 × 3
Slice thickness/gap (mm)	3/3
Phase encoding direction	Anterior–posterior
Number of signals averaged	4
Parallel imaging	iPAT mode GRAPPA
Acceleration factor	2
Flip angle	90°
Matrix	160 × 136
Fat saturation technique	SPAIR
Receiver bandwidth (Hz/voxel)	1157
b values (s/mm2)	0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000

iPAT integrated parallel acquisition techniques, GRAPPA generalized autocalibrating partial parallel acquisition, SPAIR spectral attenuated inversion recovery