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Table 1 Imaging parameters for T1-,T2- and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MRI and SS-EPI, and RESOLVE DWI sequences

From: High resolution diffusion-weighted imaging with readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains for determining myometrial invasion in endometrial carcinoma

Parameters

T1WI

Fat-suppressed T2WI

Contrast-enhanced T1WI

SS-EPI DWI

Resolve DWI

(RS-EPI) DWI

Scan plane

axial

axial

sagittal

coronal

axial

sagittal

coronal

axial

axial

Slice thickness, mm

4

4

4

4

4.5

4

4.5

4

4

Slice gap, mm

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.45

0.4

0.45

0.4

0.4

TR, ms

500

5460

4450

5460

507

582

500

6800

5700

TE, ms

12

87

87

87

12

9

9

113

78

Matrix

320 × 320

320 × 320

320 × 320

320 × 320

320 × 320

320 × 320

320 × 320

192 × 192

200 × 200

FOV, mm

300 × 300

300 × 300

280 × 280

280 × 280

240 × 240

240 × 240

260 × 260

300 × 300

300 × 300

Flip angle

160°

148°

156°

148°

160°

180°

180°

–

–

b value, s/mm2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0; 1000

0; 1000

Average

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Scan times

2min14s

2min37s

2min44s

2min14s

2min52s

3min32s

3min14s

2min9s

4min59s

  1. MRI magnetic resonance imaging, SS-EPI single-shot echo-planar imaging, RESOLVE readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, T1WI T1-weighted imaging, T2WI T2-weighted imaging, RS-EPI readout-segmented echo-planar imaging, TR time of repeat, TE time of echo, FOV field of vision, min minutes, s second