Image parameters of standard MPRAGE and wave-T1-MPRAGE

Standard MPRAGEWave-T1-MPRAGE
FOV (mm2)180 × 180180 × 80
Voxel size (mm3)0.8 × 0.8 × 0.90.8 × 0.8 × 0.9
TR (ms)24002200
TE (ms)2.963.05
Flip angle9°9°
Bandwidth (Hz)260260
TI (ms)12001090
Number of excitations11
Parallel imaging methodGRAPPAaCAIPIRINHAb
Acceleration factor (phase)22
Acceleration factor (section)–2
Scan time4 min 55 sec2 min 14 sec

  • Note:—–indicates none.

  • ↵a Generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition.

  • ↵b Controlled aliasing in parallel imaging results in higher acceleration.