Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 Parameters for liver 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
#Slices/#slices per BH	5/5
FOV (F × Ph)	40 × 24
Flip angle	20
Frequency matrix	96–128
Phase matrix	64–96
TE	1–13.1 ms with 0.9 ms increments
TR	100 ms
Bandwidth	Min water-fat shift 810 Hz/pixel
Pulse sequence	TFE

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