Table 2 Detailed imaging parameters of the HCC MRI protocol.

From: A preclinical CT and MRI Liver Imaging Dataset with Anatomical, Functional and Segmentation Data

Data type

Details (type of sequence)

anatomical T2-weighted spin echo (RARE)

- FOV, 40 × 40 mm2

- matrix, 256 × 256

- effective echo time, 25 ms

- repetition time, 2929.08 ms

- echo spacing, 8.3 ms

- RARE factor 8

- resolution, 156 μm/pixel

- in-plane

- (axial) slice thickness, 0.5 mm without gaps

- fat suppression

diffusion-weighted imaging (EPI)

- FOV, 40 × 40 mm2

- matrix, 96 × 96

- effective echo time, 25 ms

- repetition time, 5000 ms

- echo spacing, 0.64 ms

- max. b-value (3915.18 s/mm2)

- resolution, 417 μm/pixel

- in-plane

- (axial) slice thickness, 1 mm with 0.25 mm slice gaps