Clinical Study
Value of Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging for the Detection of Nephritis
Table 1
Sequence parameters of the used DWI sequences at the different scanner platforms.
| | 1.5 T Avanto | 3.0 T TimTrio | 3.0 T Skyra |
| TR/TE [ms] | 5600/75 | 6000/76 | 6400/63 | Sequence type | EPI-SE | EPI-SE | EPI-SE | FOV [mm mm] | | 380 308 | | Matrix | | 192 156 | | Slice thickness [mm] | 6 | 5 | 5 | Interslice gap [mm] | 0 | 0 | 0 | Spatial resolution [mm³] | | | | Number slices | 32 | 33 | 35 | b values [s/mm²] | 0, 400, 800 | 0, 400, 800 | 0, 400, 800 | Parallel imaging | GRAPPA 2 | GRAPPA 2 | GRAPPA 2 | Acquisition time [min] | 4:30 | 5:06 | 4:46 | Respiratory control | Free breathing | Free breathing | Free breathing | Fat suppression | SPAIR | SPAIR | SPAIR | Averages | 4 | 4 | 3 | Bandwidth [Hz/px] | 1736 | 1736 | 1736 |
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