Table 2 Tabulated imaging parameters of the magnetic resonance sequences
From: Renal cell carcinoma with venous extension: prediction of inferior vena cava wall invasion by MRI
Type of acquisition | T2 HASTEa axial | T2 HASTEa coronary | T2 TSEb axial (PACE)b | T1 FLASHc | Angiography T1 FLASHc | T1 VIBEd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Repetition time, TR (ms) | 800 | 800 | 2430 | 186 | 2.88 | 4.74 |
Echo time, TE (ms) | 94 | 89 | 79 | 4.76 | 0.98 | 2.38 |
Field of view (FOV) | 340 × 340 | 400 × 400 | 340 × 340 | 340 × 340 | 500 × 500 | 373 × 373 |
Matrix size | 320 × 320 | 320 × 320 | 320 × 320 | 320 × 320 | 512 × 512 | 320 × 320 |
Slice thickness (mm) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1.4 | 3 |
Pixel bandwidth (Hz/pixel) | 300 | 422 | 260 | 260 | 440 | 400 |
Acquisition mode | 2D | 2D | 2D | 2D | 3D | 3D |
Flip angle (°) | 180 | 170 | 180 | 70 | 25 | 10 |
Voxel size | 1.3 × 1.1 × 4.0 | 1.7 × 1.3 × 5.0 | 1.5 × 1.1 × 4.0 | 1.4 × 1.1 × 4.0 | 1.6 × 1.0 × 1.4 | 1.7 × 1.2 × 3.0 |