MR Micro-Neurography and a Segmentation Protocol Applied to Diabetic Neuropathy

Table 1

Parameters of the MR sequences.

	Localizer	Fluid sensitive HR	Fat sensitive HR	T1-weighted HR
Type	3D SPGR	3D SPGR IDEAL	3D SPGR IDEAL	2D FSE
TR (ms)	5,9	16,9	16,9	650
TE (ms)	Min	Min	Min	Min
Flip angle	10	10	10	90
FOV (cm)	8	6	6	6
Acquisition matrix	128 × 128	512 × 420	512 × 420	512 × 416
Number of slices	128	20	20	11
Slice thickness (mm)	2	2	2	2
Gap (mm)	0	0	0	1
ETL	—	—	—	5
NEX	1	1	1	3
BW (KHz)	15	35	35	31
Fat sup.	Yes	No	No	No