Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 MRI pulse sequences used in this study

From: Comparison of 2D Fat Suppressed Proton Density (FS-PD) and 3D (WATS-c) MRI pulse sequences in evaluation of chondromalacia patellae

	FS-PD	WATs-C
TR	3000	20
TE	30	8
FA	90	25
Scan mode	2D	3D
Technique	FSE	FFE
Slice thickness	1.5 mm	1.5 mm
Interslice gap	0.15 mm	0
FOV	160 × 160 × 80	130 × 130 × 75
Matrix	288 × 244	256 × 195
Time	2:54	4:21

FA flip angle, FFE fast field echo image, FOV field of view, FS-PD fat-suppressed proton density-weighted image, TE echo time, TR repetition time, WATS-c water-selective cartilage scan

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