Table 4 MR sequences used in clinical to evaluate the safety of the FUS procedure

From: Imaging strategies to assess efficacy and safety of ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening

Sequence

1.5 T

3 T

T2w

-

122,130,131

T2*w

118

88,123,126,128,129,131,132,133,134,135,138,139,140,142,143,193

SWI

118

20,95,123,124,127,130,134,136,137,141

FLAIR

 

19,20,95,122,124,127,128,129,133,134,135,136,137,138,140

Thermometry

-

88,122,123

DWI

-

19,20,95,122,129,130,138,140

  1. T2w T2-weighted, SWI Susceptibility weighted imaging, FLAIR Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, DWI Diffusion weighted imaging, T1w-DCE T1-weighted dynamic contrast-enhanced.
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