Table 2 Sequence parameters for renal 3.0-T MR imaging in rats with acute ischemic/reperfusion kidney injury.

From: Severe bilateral ischemic-reperfusion renal injury: hyperacute and acute changes in apparent diffusion coefficient, T1, and T2 mapping with immunohistochemical correlations

 

T2WI

DWI (ADC)

T1-Map

T2-Map

Sequence

TSE

SE-EPI

FLASH

SE

Repetition time (msec)

3000

5000

15

1360

Echo time (msec)

73

82

2.42

13.8, 27.6, 41.4 55.2, 69

Flip angle (degree)

150

NA

5, 26

180

Matrix

256 × 256

128 × 128

256 × 256

256 × 256

Field of view (cm2)

14

14

14

14

Section thickness (mm)

3

3

3

3

Intersection gap (mm)

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Number of excitation

2

1

1

1

Number of slices

12

12

12

12

b-value used (sec/mm2)

NA

0, 50, 150, 450, 650, 850, 1000

NA

NA

  1. T2WI = T2-weighted image, DWI (ADC) = diffusion-weighted imaging (apparent diffusion coefficient), TSE = turbo spin-echo, EPI = echo-planar imaging, FLASH = Fast low angle shot, SE = spin-echo, TR = repetition time, TE = echo time, NA = not applicable.
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