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Table 2 MRI acquisition parameters

From: Quantitative ultrasound shear wave elastography (USWE)-measured tissue stiffness correlates with PIRADS scoring of MRI and Gleason score on whole-mount histopathology of prostate cancer: implications for ultrasound image-guided targeting approach

 

T1WI

High resolution T2WI

DWI

DCE

Axial

Sagittal

Axial

Coronal

DWI

DWI high b-value

Dyn Gd-MRI

TR (ms)

650

6000

4000

5000

3300

3300

4.76

Sequence

2DTSE

2DTSE

2DTSE

2DTSE

2DEPI

2DEPI

3D VIBE

TE (ms)

11

102

100

100

95

95

2.45

Flip angle (°)

150

140

150

150

–

–

10

Slice thickness (mm)

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Slice gap (mm)

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0

0

0.6

Resolution (pixels)

320

320

320

320

192

192

192

FOV (mm)

200

200

200

200

280

280

280

b-values (s/mm2)

–

–

–

–

50, 100, 500, 1000

2000

–

Temporal resolution (s)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–