Association of Aortic Compliance and Brachial Endothelial Function with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: Assessment with High-Resolution MRI

Table 1

MR imaging parameters for assessment of aortic arch PWV and FMD.

Parameter	Aortic arch PWV	FMD
Repetition time (TR)	40.0 ms	3.3~150 ms
Echo time (TE)	5.0 ms	1.5~1.8 ms
Slice thickness	4.0 mm	6.0 mm
Matrix size	256 × 192	224 × 224
Image resolution	1.37 mm × 1.37 mm	1.16 mm × 1.16 mm
Temporal resolution	4.7–7.8 ms	18.75~31.25 ms
Encoding velocity	150 cm/s	/