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Table 1 MRI parameters for 3D sequences

From: Morphological MR imaging of the articular cartilage of the knee at 3 T—comparison of standard and novel 3D sequences

 

3D cartilage imaging sequence

 

Imaging parameter*

FLASH

DESS

TruFISP

SPACE

UTE

TR (ms)

10.1

14.8

7.18

1200

10

TE (ms)

4.92

5.0

3.18

30

0.06/3.92

Acquistion matrix

256 × 233

256 × 240

256 × 240

256 × 256

256 × 256

FOV (mm)

150 × 150

150 × 140

150 × 140

160 × 160

200 × 200

Flip angle

10

25

28

120

15

Averages

1

1

3

1

1

PAT

2

2

2

2

no

No. of slices

160

160

192

192

256

Imaging time (min:s)

3:02

3:42

9:09

10:04

6:48

  1. *TR = repitition time; TE = echo time; FOV = field of view; PAT = parallel acquisition technique