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Table 1 Detailed MRI sequences’ parameters

From: MRI as a one-stop destination for evaluation of CSF shunt malfunction

 

TR/TE (ms)

FOV

(mm)

Matrix

NEX

Flip angle

Section thickness (mm)

Gap (mm)

Duration (in min)

Brain (localizer)

15/5.3

250 × 250

256 × 126

1

20 Ëš

3

10

0.3

DWI

2867/76

230 × 200

124 × 98

2

90Ëš

5

1

1.2 ± 0.2

T1-WI

713/2.3

230 × 200

224 × 179

1

80Ëš

5

1

1.4 ± 0.4

T2-WI

7440/110

230 × 200

224 × 179

1

90Ëš

5

1

1.4 ± 0.6

FLAIR

1100/130

230 × 200

208 × 132

2

90Ëš

5

1

2.7 ± 0.4

SWI

31/7.2

230 × 200

333 × 332

1

17 Ëš

2

1

3.2 ± 0.5

3D-DRIVE

2000/240

220 × 190

476 × 380

1

90Ëš

1

-0.5

8.8 ± 1.2

QF

12/7.5

105 × 105

180 × 126

1

15 Ëš

4

0

2.8 ± 0.6

Abdomino-pelvic localizer

8/2.3

450 × 450

256 × 128

1

15 Ëš

5

10

0.25

Abdomino-pelvic T2 SPIR

1100/70

300 × 260

188 × 166

1

90 Ëš

4

1

1 ± 0.6 (axial)

0.7 ± 0.4 (coronal)

0.9 ± 0.5 (sagittal)

  1. DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, T1-WI T1-weighted image, T2-WI T2-weighted image, FLAIR fluid attenuation inversion recovery, SWI susceptibility-weighted imaging, 3D-DRIVE three-dimensional driven equilibrium, QF quantitative flow, T2 SPIR T2 spectral presaturation with inversion recovery. TR repetition time, TE echo time, NEX number of excitations
  2. FOV field of view and Matrix (vary according to patients’ head and abdominal size)