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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 MRN examination protocol for the evaluation of the brachial plexus (FOVs from C2 to T2)

From: Additive value of magnetic resonance neurography in diagnosis of brachial plexopathy: a cross-section descriptive study

Sequences

TR

TE

Coronal T2-weighted

4279.0

103.4

Coronal T1-weighted

489.0

9.33

Coronal 3D FIESTA(SSFP).

6.32

34

Coronal STIR

3548

41.9

Axial 2D FIESTA(SSFP) FATSAT

5.7

2.66

Axial T1

526

9.8

Coronal 2D FIESTA (SSFP)FATSAT

5.4

2.5

Sagittal STIR

6099

43.3

Axial 3D FIESTA (SSFP).

5.7

2.1

  1. aTF indicates turbo factor, SPAIR spectral-attenuated inversion recovery, STIR short tau inversion recovery, FIESTA (SSFP (steady-state free precession) sequence, known by its different acronyms such as FIESTA (GE)
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