Table 2 Acquisition parameters of the MT-prepulse and the ZTE sequence
Sequence parameter: MT-prepulse | |
Shape | Gaussian-shaped |
Duration (ms) | 10 |
Nominal flip angle (°) | 1000 or 3000 |
Bandwidth full-width-at-half-maximum (Hz) | 274 |
Off-resonance frequencies (Hz) | 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 10,000 and 15,000 |
Sequence parameter: ZTE readout parameters | |
Length of the hard pulse (μs) | 1 |
Flip angle (°) | 3.9 |
Matrix size | 160 |
Repetition time (ms) | 1 |
Signal averages (n) | 2 |
Isotropic resolution (mm) | 0.31 |
Bandwidth (kHz) | 200 |