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Table 1 Technical specifications of the breast magnetic resonance imaging protocol

From: Magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of indeterminate breast (BIRADS 3 & 4A) in a general population

 

Axial T1W VISTA

DWI** B0 and B800

T1 THRIVE***1

Axial T2 VISTA

Coronal STIR****

Repetition time

7,5

7112

6.8

7010

10,000

Echo time

4,6

70

3.3

80

80

FOV* (mm)

280 × 368x180

300 × 400x198

300 × 337x156

280 × 370x180

299 × 372x200

Acquisition matrix

352 × 459

120 × 157

252 × 280

351 × 463

232 × 241

Acquisition time

3:44

2:36

6:07

3:16

4:40

Pre-contrast acquisitions

1

1

1

1

1

Post-contrast acquisitions

  

5 (60.1 s/seq.)

  

Post-processing

 

ADC map

Subtraction

  
  1. *Field-of-view
  2. **Diffusion-Weighted Images
  3. ***T1W High-Resolution Isotropic Volume Examination
  4. ****Short tau inversion recovery