Table 1 MRI sequence parameters for data acquisition.
Sequence type | Matrix size | TR/TE | Scan time per repetition | No. of repetitions | Echo train length | Echo spacing | Common parameters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1w | Spin echo | 256 × 195 | 500/18.4 ms | 1 min 38 s | 3 | 1 | — | Field-of-view: 240 × 240 mm2 No. of slices: 18 Slice thickness/gap: 5/1 mm Sampling bandwidth: 31.25 KHz Phase encoding in left-right direction |
T2w | Fast spin echo | 256 × 195 | 5500/128 ms | 1 min 12 s | 3 | 15 | 16.0 ms | |
FLAIR | Inversion recovery fast spin echo | 256 × 198 | 7500/98 ms; TI = 1655 ms | 2 min 15 s | 2 | 11 | 16.3 ms |