Table 1 The proposed scanning protocol of pelvic MRI
From: Magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis after Cesarean section: a pictorial review
Sequence | Projection | TR (ms) | TE (ms) | FOV (cm) | Slice thickness/interslice gap (mm) | Matrix | NEX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRFSE/T2 | sag, ax | 5000 | 100 | 24 × 24 | 5.0/1.5 | 512 × 256 | 4 |
FRFSE/T2+fs | cor | 5640 | 102.3 | 24 × 24 | 4.0/1.0 | 512 × 224 | 4 |
FSE/T1 | ax | 660 | 7.6 | 24 × 24 | 5.0/1.5 | 256 × 224 | 4 |
FSE/T1+fs | ax | 680 | 7.6 | 24 × 24 | 5.0/1.5 | 256 × 224 | 4 |
STIR | ax | 3620 | 53.2 | 24 × 24 | 5.0/1.5 | 256 × 192 | 2 |
3D/CUBE/T2 | sag | 3000 | 159 | 24 × 24 | 1.6/− 0.8 | 288 × 288 | 1 |
3D/LAVA | sag, ax, cor | 4.2 | 2.0 | 40 × 36 | 4.0/− 2.0 | 320 × 192 | 0.7 |
DWI b = 1000 | ax, sag | 6000 | 93.1 | 42 × 42 | 8.0/2.0 | 128 × 128 | 8 |