Table 1.

Imaging parameters for ankle MRI

Parameters	2D Conventional				3D Isotropic
	Sag T2 FS	Ax T2	Cor T2	Sag T1	3D Sag T2
TR/TE (ms)	3160/48	4770/76	5070/76	704/13	1200/158
Flip angle (°)	150	150	150	150	120
Matrix size	384*250	512*229	512*211	512*333	256*230
Field of view (cm)	14	14	14	14	14
Section thickness (mm)	3	3	3	3	0.5
Intersection gap (mm)	0	0	0	0	0
Bandwidth (kHz/pixel)	151	199	199	250	362
Echo train length	7	11	11	3	68
No. acquisition	1	1	1	1	1
Scan time	3:54	3:25	3:23	2:43	6:45