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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2014 Jul 30;74(1):136–149. doi: 10.1002/mrm.25391

Table 1.

Acquisition Parametersa

EPI
sequence
Resolution
(mm3)
FOV
(cm3)
Matrix Readout
segments
ES
(ms)
Rslice / RPE PE PF TR / TE
(s / ms)
# b=0/ Diff. dir. Scan time
(min)
3T protocols
rs (DTI) 2 iso 22×22×12.6 110×110×58 5 0.32 2 / 2 - 4.1 / 73 12/60 31
ss 2 iso 19×19×12.6 96×96×58 - 0.7 - / 2 6/8 8.4 / 87 12/60 32 (3 av)
rs 1.5 iso 22×22×9.3 144×144×62 7 0.32 2 / 2 - 4.8 / 79 12/60 50
ss 1.5 iso 19×19×9.3 128×128×62 - 0.95 - / 2 6/8 13.9 / 88 12/60 54 (3 av)
rs (ADC) 1.7×1.7×5 22×22×13 128×128×26 3 0.40 2 / 2 - 2.4 / 70 1/3 0:48
rs 1.7×1.7×5 22×22×13 128×128×26 3 0.40 - / 2 - 4.8 / 70 1/3 1:26
rs (patient 1) 1.5 iso 22×22×11.7 146×146×78 5 0.36 2 / 2 - 9.6 / 60 1/3 4:40
ss 1.8×1.8×2b 24×24×13b 130×130×50 - 1.05 - / 2 6/8 9 / 98 1/3 2:50 (4 av)
rs (patient 2) 1.5 iso 24×24×11.7 160×160×78 5 0.36 2 / 2 - 6.9 / 72 1/3 3:20
ss 1.5 iso 24×24×11.7 160×160×78 - 1.04 - / 2 6/8 13.8 / 102 1/3 3:29 (3 av)
rs (TrW) 1×1×5 22×22×13 220×220×26 11 0.32 2 / 2 - 2.3 / 75 1/3 2:14
ss 1×1×5 22×22×13 220×220×26 - 1.10 - / 2 6/8 7.8 / 80 1/3 0:55
rs (TrW) 1.1×1.1×4 22×22×12 192×192×30 9 0.32 2 / 2 - 2.7 / 70 1/3 2:20
rs 0.9×0.9×4 22×22×12 256×256×30 11 0.32 2 / 2 - 3 / 76 1/3 3:05
7T protocols
rs (DTI) 1.2 iso 19.2×19.2×11.88 160×160×99 6 (6/7 PF) 0.32 3 / 2 - 8 / 63 4/32 35
ss 1.2 iso 19.2×19.2×11.88 160×160×99 - 0.82 - / 2 6/8 10.8 / 63 12/128 27
a

All protocols acquired with b = 1000 s/mm2.

b

A 0.6 mm gap between slices was used.