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Table 1 MR Imaging Protocol Parameters for T2-Weighted Imaging and DKI

From: Application of magnetic resonance diffusion kurtosis imaging for distinguishing histopathologic subtypes and grades of rectal carcinoma

 

Imaging Sequence

  

Sagittal

Coronal

Oblique Axial

Axial

 

Axial

High-resolution

High-resolution

High-resolution

Diffusion-

Parameter

T2W

T2W

T2W

T2W

kurtosis

Pulse sequence

TSE

TSE

TSE

TSE

DKI-EPI

TR/TE (ms)

3000/87

3000/87

4000/77

3000/84

3800/74.7

Echo train length

14

12

21

16

/

FOV (mm2)

260 × 260

180 × 180

220 × 220

180 × 180

300 × 245

Section thickness (mm)

5

3

3

3

6

No. of slices

25

19

25

24

21

Dist. factor

20%

0

0

0

20%

Phase oversampling

70%

70%

100%

70%

20%

Voxel size (mm3)

0.8 × 0.7 × 5.0

0.7 × 0.6 × 3.0

0.7 × 0.6 × 3.0

0.7 × 0.6 × 3.0

2.7 × 2.7 × 6.0

Averages

2

2

2

2

2

Concatenation

2

2

1

2

1

Acquisition time

2 min 56 s

2 min 30 s

2 min 52 s

3 min 18 s

6 min 1 s

  1. Note: DKI = diffusion kurtosis imaging, EPI = echo-planar imaging, TSE = turbo spin-echo, T2W = T2-weighted, TR = repetition time, TE = echo time, FOV = field of view
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