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Table 1 Parameters for cardiac T2* imaging

From: MRI evaluation of hepatic and cardiac iron burden in pediatric thalassemia major patients: spectrum of findings by T2*

Parameter

Value

Slice thickness

10 mm

FOV

40 cm

Flip angle

20

Matrix

128 × 256

TE

1.5–18.5 with 2.4 ms increments

TR

99–125 ms

Bandwidth

810 Hz/pixel

Flow compensation

On

Fat saturation

Off