A matched case-control study of early cervical spondylotic myelopathy based on diffusion magnetic resonance imaging

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Table 1 Detailed parameters of MRI scans in this study

Sequence	Orientation	Repetition time (TR)	Echo time (TE)	Flip angle	Field of view (FOV)	Slice thickness	Spacing between slices	Diffusion-encoded directions
T1WI	Sagittal	4000 msec	8.5 msec	160°	280 × 280	3 mm	3.5 mm	/
T2WI	Sagittal	4350 msec	120 msec	150°	280 × 280	3 mm	3.5 mm	/
T2^a MEDIC	Transverse axial	400 msec	18 msec	30°	140 × 190	4 mm	4.4 mm	/
dMRI	Transverse axial	2000 msec	85 msec	90°	145 × 49	3 mm	3.3 mm	64 diffusion-encoded directions^a

^a five acquisitions at b = 0 s/mm² and two acquisitions at b = 800, 1600, and 2400 s/mm²