Skip to main content

Table 1 Protocol of MR imaging

From: Single isotropic 3D fast spin echo sequence compared with conventional 2D sequences for detecting meniscal and cruciate ligament tears in the knee

 

TR

TE

FOV

SEC, THICK

GAP

Matrix

No of se.

Rcoms. voxel size (mm)

Image time (min)

Standard protocol (A)

Coronal T1 (TSE)

403

7.6

160

4

1

516 × 320

22

NA

4.43

Axial T2 (TSE)

2904.9

111.6

160

4

1

516 × 320

22

NA

3.18

Sagittal PD (TSE)

5000

30

180

4.5

1

512 × 256

75

NA

6.15

Protocol (B)

Sagittal PD-VISTA FS

1600

33

160

0.5

0

320 × 320

300

0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5

6.62

  1. NA not applicable, VISTA volume isotropic turbo spin echo acquisition, FS fat-suppressed