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Table 1 Parameters of acquired MRI sequences in post-treated glioma imaging

From: The value of adding DWI and FLAIR signal changes in the resection cavity on the diagnostic performance of BT-RADS category 3 for tumor progression prediction in post-treated glioma patients: a prospective pilot study

Imaging parameters

T1W FSE

T2W FSE

T2 FLAIR FSE

DWI*

CE-T1W FSE

Imaging plane

Axial

Axial/coronal

Axial

Axial

Axial/sagittal/coronal

Image acquisition

2D

2D

2D

2D

2D

Image acquisition

TE (ms)

7

93–120

91

76

7.3

TR (ms)

450

3910–4630

9000

4220

1120

Flip angle (°)

90

90

90

90

90

Slice thickness (mm)

5

5

5

5

5

Interslice gap

0

0

1

0

0

FOV (cm)

24

24

24

24

24

NEX

1

1

1

1

1

Bandwidth/pixel (Hz/Px)

192

192

192

150

192

  1. T1W T1 weighted; FSE fast spin echo; CE T1W contrast-enhanced T1 weighted; TE echo time; TR repetition time; FOV field of view; DWI diffusion weighted image; ms millisecond; mm millimeter; cm centimeter; Hz hertz; Px pixel
  2. DWI was calculated at b value 0 and 1000 with automatically calculated ADCmean