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Table 1 Image acquisition parameters for each sequence in the study

From: Detection of solid and subsolid pulmonary nodules with lung MRI: performance of UTE, T1 gradient-echo, and single-shot T2 fast spin echo

 

UTE

VIBE

HASTE

Orientation

Coronal

Transverse

Transverse

TR (ms)

2.57

3.57

600

TE (ms)

0.05

1.6

32

Flip angle (°)

5.5

9.0

160

FOV (mm)

600

380

400

Matrix (mm)

288 × 288

256 × 256

256 × 256

Slice thickness (mm)

2.5

3

5

Parallel imaging

none

CAIPIRINHA ×2

GRAPPA ×3

Partial Fourier

6/8

7/8

4/8

Gating

–

–

–

Breath-hold

inspiration

inspiration

inspiration

Acquisition time (min:s)

0:14 s

0:14 s

0:14 s

  1. TR repetition time, TE Echo time, FOV Field of view