Table 6 Typical MRI imaging parameters at 1.5 T.

From: A Novel Method for Estimating Myocardial Strain: Assessment of Deformation Tracking Against Reference Magnetic Resonance Methods in Healthy Volunteers

b-SSFP

1.5 Tesla

TR (ms)

3.3

TE (ms)

1.2

FoV (mm)

340

Flip Angle (degree)

80

Slice Thickness (mm)

7

Resolution (mm)

180 × 256

Bandwidth (Hz/pixel)

930

DENSE

1.5 T

TR (ms)

32.5

TE (ms)

7.97

FOV (mm)

360

Voxel size (mm)

3.2 × 3.2 × 8

Flip angle (degree)

20

Bandwidth (Hz/pixel)

1207

Displacement Encoding Frequency (π/mm)

0.2

Triggers per breathold

8

EPI factor

8

segments per cardiac frame

16

Shimming method

automatic

  1. TR: repetition time (ms); TE: echo time (ms); FoV: field of view (mm).