Table 1 Acquisition parameters (TR: repetition time; TE: echo time; ΔTE: echo spacing; α: flip angle; FOV: field-of-view; DIR: double inversion recovery; MS: motion sensitized; SPIR: spectral presaturation with inversion recovery)

TR (ms)

952

1905

2250

6.4

6.4

TE (ms)

11

10

52

3.3

3.3

ΔTE (ms)

12

10.4

10.4

NA

NA

α [deg]

90

90

90

20

20

FOV (mm) RL/AP/FH

150 × 200 × 20

150 × 200 × 20

150 × 200 × 25

150 × 200 × 25

150 × 200 × 25

Slice thickness/gap (mm)

2.0/−1.0

2.0/−1.0

2.0/−1.0

2.0/−1.0

2.0/−1.0

Resolution (mm) RL/AP/FH

0.45 × 0.45 × 2

0.45 × 0.45 × 2

0.45 × 0.45 × 2

0.45 × 0.45 × 2

0.45 × 0.45 × 2

k-Space filling pattern

Centric

Centric

Linear

Linear

Linear

Black-blood

DIR

DIR

DIR

MS

MS

Fat saturation

SPIR

SPIR

SPIR

SPIR

SPIR

NSA

1

1

1

3

3

Turbo factor

11

12

9

20

20

SENSE factor

1

2

2

1

1

Halfscan factor

0.675

0.675

0.675

1

1

Scan time

6 min 14 s

7 min 16 s

7 min 41 s

6 min 36 s

6 min 36 s