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Table 1 Imaging parameters for different MRI sequences

From: Feasibility and impact of using an automated user interface for proton spectroscopy in multiparametric MRI of the prostate

 

T2w

DWI

DCE-MRI

Sequence type

Fast spin echo

Spin echo EPI

T1w 3D FLASH

TR/TE (ms)

7500/101

6800/67

4.43/1.6

Echo train length

25

60

-

Slice thickness/gap (mm)

3.5/0

3.5/0

3.5/0

FOV (mm2)

200 × 200

260 × 208

260 × 260

Acquisition matrix

320 × 310

160 × 120

192 × 140

Voxel size mm3

0.6 × 0.6 × 3.5

1.6 × 1.6 × 3.5

1.4 × 1.4 × 3.5

Parallel imaging mod (acceleration factor)

GRAPPA (2)

GRAPPA (2)

GRAPPA (2)

bvalues

-

50, 400, 1000

-

Averages

2

2, 3, 4

1

Measurements

1

1

40

Acquisition time (min:sec)

2:24

3:38

4:49

  1. T2W T2-weighted sequence, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, DCE-MRI dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, TR repetition time, TE echo time,