. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 19.

Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2017 Dec 19;(130):10.3791/57128. doi: 10.3791/57128

Table 1. Magnetic resonance imaging pulse sequence parameters for whole-body scan.

MRI pulse sequence parameters for each acquisition of the whole-body PET/MRI scan.

Pulse Sequence Parameter	Localizers	Coronal thoracic LAVA	Axial thoracic T2-FSE PROPELLER	Axial low-resolution LAVA MRAC	Axial LAVA	Axial DWI
Acquisition time (min)	1:45	0:16	5:48	0:18	0:16	1:47
TE (ms)	80	1.1	119	1.7, 3.4	1.7, 3.4	56
TR (ms)	1519	4.1	12500	4	4.2	7824
Matrix Size	288 × 192	320 × 224	384 × 384	256 × 256	320 × 224	80×128
Slice Thickness (mm)	10	3.4	4	5.2	3.4	8
FOV (cm)	(whole-body or head to mid-thigh coverage)	46	48	50	48	40
Flip Angle (degrees)	-	15	110	5	15	90
B-value (s/mm²)	-	-	-	-	-	50, 600