Role of magnetic resonance imaging on fingers in diagnosis of post-traumatic tendon and ligament injuries

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 MR imaging parameters used in the study

Pulse sequences	T1WI	T2WI	STIR	PD
TR	400–600 ms	2000–4000 ms	2000 ms	1000 ms
TE	15–25 ms	70–100 ms	48 s	15–25 ms
Slice thickness	2.5 mm	2.5 mm	2.5 mm	2.5 mm
Interslice gap	2–3 mm	2–3 mm	2–3 mm	2–3 mm
Matrix size	256 × 256 pixels	256 × 256 pixels	256 × 256 pixels	256 × 256 pixels
FOV	12 cm	12 cm	12 cm	12 cm
Time of examination	2–3 min	2–3 min	5 min	5 min

TR; Repetition time, TE; echo time, FOV; field-of-view, STIR; short tau inversion recovery, PD; proton density, msec; millisecond, sec; second, mm; millimeter, cm; centimeter