Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR with Quantitative Perfusion Analysis of Small Bowel in Vascular Assessment between Inflammatory and Fibrotic Lesions in Crohnʼs Disease: A Feasibility Study

Table 1

Descriptive parameters of acquisition protocol for the study of abdomen employed.

Sequences	Acquisition parameters
	FA	Thickness	TR (msec)	TE (msec)	NSA	Matrix size
SSh T2 ax	90°	6 mm	8901	103	1	336 × 227
BFFE M2D ax	60°	6 mm	3.1	1.57	1	224 × 228
BTFE SPAIR ax	60°	6 mm	3.9	1.47	1	204 × 178
T1W in-phase ax	80°	6 mm	206	4.6	1	236 × 167
SSh T2 SPAIR ax	90°	6 mm	8736	96	1	308 × 220
T2W TSE BH cor	90°	5 mm	8956	100	1	292 × 254
BTFE M2D cor	60°	5 mm	3.7	1.84	1	264 × 265
ShT2 SPAIR cor	90°	5 mm	11336	127	1	392 × 309
THRIVE cor (4 dynamic phases)	10°	4 mm	4	1.91	1	292 × 294
THRIVE ax	10°	4 mm	3.5	1.67	1	236 × 212

Note. FA = flip angle; TR = repetition time; TE = echo time; NSA = number of signals acquired; AX = axial plane; SSh = single shot; BTFE = balanced turbo field echo; BFFE = balanced fast field echo; COR = coronal plane; ax = axial; cor = coronal.