Table 3 Detailed imaging parameters of the Multiparametric Liver MRI protocol.

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

Data type

Details (type of sequence)

anatomical T1-weighted gradient echo (FcFLASH)

- FOV, 40 × 40 mm2

- matrix, 192 × 192

- effective echo time, 3 ms

- repetition time, 1 resp. cycle

- resolution, 208 μm/pixel

- in-plane

- (axial) slice thickness, 0.5 mm with 0.25 mm slice gaps

- fat suppresion

- bandwidth, 75 kHz

anatomical T2-weighted spin echo (RARE)

- FOV, 40 × 40 mm2

- matrix, 192 × 192

- effective echo time, 25 ms

- repetition time, 3 resp. cycles

- echo spacing, 8.3 ms

- RARE factor 8

- resolution, 208 μm/pixel

- in-plane

- (axial) slice thickness, 0.5 mm with 0.25 mm slice gaps

- fat suppresion

- bandwidth, 72 kHz

apparent diffusion coefficient mapping (EPI)

- FOV, 40 × 40 mm2

- matrix, 96 × 96

- effective echo time, 25 ms

- repetition time, ≥5000 ms

- echo spacing, 0.6 ms

- b-values (29, 103, 205, 306, 407, 508, 608, 709, 810, 910, 1010 s/mm2)

- resolution, 417 μm/pixel

- in-plane

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

- bandwidth, 150 kHz

  1. General part, before MRI1 and MRI2, which are in Tables 4, 5.