Table 2 Details of the sequence parameters

Sequence type

SS-SE-EPI^a

SS-SE-EPI

FFE^b 3D

MS-SE-TSE^c 3D

Acquisition voxel size (mm³)

3 × 3 × 4

3 × 3 × 4.8

1.2 × 1.2 × 2.4

1.2 × 1.2 × 2.2

Slice gap (mm)

0

0

-1.2

-1.1

Field of view (mm³)

400 × 400 × 100

400 × 400 × 202

520 × 298 × 250

520 × 298 × 250

TR/TE (ms)

4811/68

10,392/107

13/4.5

2100/375

Flip angle (°)

90–180

90–180

27

90–(180)

TSE factor

–

–

–

150

Water-fat shift (pix)/bandwidth (Hz)

11.197/19.4

11.180/19.4

0.653/332.6

0.473/459.3

b-values (s/mm²) (averages)

0 (3), 150 (5), 500 (8)

0 (2), 200 (3), 500 (4), 800 (6)

–

–

Fat suppression

SPAIR^d

SPAIR^d

No

No

Duration (min)

3:32

7:17

5:48

6:03