Table 3.
MRI sequences implemented in different brain MRI protocols.
| Brain MR protocol | Sagittal T1 (unaccelerated) | 2D TSE T2 (unaccelerated) | SMS DWI | 2D T1 FLASH | 2D TSE FLAIR R = 3 | Wave-CAIPI SWI | Wave-CAIPI SPACE T2 | Wave-CAIPI 3D SPACE FLAIR | Pre-contrast Wave-CAIPI 3D T1 MPRAGE | Post-contrast Wave-CAIPI 3D T1 MPRAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR− | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| BR+ | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| MS | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| MML | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| EPL | x | x | x | x | x | x |
TSE-turbo spin-echo, FLASH=Fast Low Angle SHot, SWI=susceptibility-weighted imaging, DWI=diffusion-weighted imaging, FLAIR=Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery, SPACE= Sampling Perfection with Application optimized Contrasts using different flip angle Evolution, MPRAGE=Magnetization Prepared Rapid Gradient-Echo, CAIPI=Controlled Aliasing in Parallel Imaging, SMS=simultaneous multi-slice