Table 5 Detailed imaging parameters of the Multiparametric Liver MRI2 protocol.

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

Data type

Details (type of sequence)

T2 relaxometry (pre and post ferucarbotran (MSME))

- FOV, 40 × 40 mm2

- matrix, 144 × 144

- echo times (7, 13, 20, 27, 34, 40, 47, 54, 60, 67, 74, 81, 87, 94, 101, 107, 114, 121, 128, 134, 141, 148, 154, 161, 168 ms)

- repetition time, 2000 ms

- echo spacing, 6.7 ms

- resolution, 278 μm/pixel

- in-plane

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

- bandwidth, 76 kHz

dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI (EPI)

- FOV, 40 × 40 mm2

- matrix, 96 × 96

- effective echo time, 13 ms

- repetition time, 1000 ms

- echo spacing, 6.7 ms

- resolution, 417 μm/pixel

- in-plane

- (axial) slice thickness, 1 mm without slice gaps

- bandwidth, 250 kHz

repetition of anatomical T2-weighted spin echo (post ferucarbotran (RARE))

- see above

  1. General part and MRI1 are in Tables 3, 4, respectively.