Table 5 MRI parameters set for the tissue mapping acquisition protocols
From: Long-duration human spaceflight induces atrophy in the left ventricular papillary muscles
Parameters | Native T1 | T2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sequence | (–) | MOLLI | T2-prepared bSSFP |
Echo times | (ms) | 1.15 | 1.35 |
Repetition time | (ms) | 283.08 | 219.14 |
Preparation pulses | (ms) | 0/25/55 | |
Flip angle | (°) | 35 | 12 |
Number of sets | (−) | 8 | 3 |
Imaging plane | (−) | SAX | SAX |
Number of slices acquired | (−) | 3 | 3 |
Slice thickness | (mm) | 8 | 6 |
Interslice gap | (mm) | 20 | 15 |
Spatial resolution | (mm2) | 1.33 × 1.33 | 1.77 × 1.77 |
Field-of-view | (mm2) | 289 × 340 | 290 × 340 |
