Table 5.
Site | SWA | HUH | HRC | HKH | COI | KUT | KTT | UTO | ATV | ATV | ATT | ATT | KPU | OSU, NKN | CIN |
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MRI scanner | Siemens | GE | GE | Siemens | Siemens | Siemens | Siemens | GE | Siemens | Siemens | Siemens | Siemens | Philips | Siemens | Siemens |
Verio | Signa HDxt | Signa HDxt | Spectra | Verio.Dot | TimTrio | Trio | MR750w | Verio | Verio | TimTrio | TimTrio | Achieva | TimTrio | TimTrio | |
Magnetic field strength | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T | 3.0 T |
No.of channels per coil | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
FoV, mm | 212 | 256 | 256 | 192 | 212 | 212 | 256 × 192 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 192 | 212 | 212 |
Matrix | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 48 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 | 64 × 64 |
No. of slices | 40 | 32 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 39 or 40 | 39 or 40 | 39 | 40 | 41 |
No. of volumes | 244 | 143 | 143 | 107 | 240 | 240 | 177 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 200 | 240 | 240 |
In-plane resolution, mm | 3.3 × 3.3 | 4.0 × 4.0 | 4.0 × 4.0 | 3.0 × 3.0 | 3.3 × 3.3 | 3.3125 × 3.3125 | 4.0 × 4.0 | 3.3 × 3.3 | 3.3 × 3.3 | 3.3 × 3.3 | 3.3 × 3.3 | 3.3 × 3.3 | 3.0 × 3.0 | 3.3 × 3.3 | 3.3 × 3.3 |
Slice thickness, mm | 3.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Slice gap, mm | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
TR, ms | 2,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,700 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
TE, ms | 30 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Total scan time, min:s | 10:17 | 4:46 | 4:46 | 4:49 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 6:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 6:40 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
Flip angle, deg | 80 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 80 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
Slice acquisition order | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending | Ascending |
Phase encoding | PA | PA | AP | AP | AP | PA | AP | PA | PA | PA | PA | PA | PA | PA | AP |
Eyes closed/fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Fixated | Closed | Fixated | Fixated |
FoV: Field of view; TR, repetition time; TE, echo time; AP, anterior to posterior; PA, posterior to anterior; SWA, Showa university; HUH, Hiroshima University Hospital; HRC, Hiroshima Rehabilitation Center; HKH, Hiroshima Kajikawa Hospital; COI, Hiroshima COI; KUT, Kyoto University TimTrio; KTT, Kyoto University Trio; UTO, University of Tokyo Hospital; ATV, ATR Verio; ATT, ATR Trio; KPU, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; OSU, Osaka university; NKN, Nishinomiya Kyouritsu Hospita; CIN, CiNet.