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Table 1 Parameters in fetal MRI sequence

From: Added value of fetal MRI as a complementary method to antenatal ultrasound in the assessment of non-CNS fetal congenital anomalies

Sequence

TR (ms)

TE (ms)

Slice thickness/gab (mm)

matrix

FA (degree)

Plane

Single-shot fast SE sequence (SSFSE)

10,000

100

3–4/0.0.5

169/256

90

Axial

Sagittal

Coronal

T1-weighted (T1-WI)

100–140

4

4–6/0.2–0.4

160/256

70

Changeable

Balanced steady-state free precession (SSFP) = balanced fast field echo (b-FFE)

3.5–4

1.7–2

4/0

256/256

80

Changeable

Diffusion-weighted image (DWI)

1470

125

5/0.1

108/256

90

Axial