Table 1:

Sequence parameters for DWI, T1WI, T2*WI, FLAIR, and 3D multiecho spoiled GRE sequence^{^a}

	DWI	T2WI	FLAIR	T2*WI	3D Multiecho Spoiled GRE (SWI)
TR (ms)	6000	4000	12,000	800	58.4
Effective TE (ms)	60	85	140	17	No. of TEs^{^b}
Bandwidth (Hz per pixel)	1953	163	98	31	±62.5
Flip angle	90°	90°	90°	30°	15°
Section thickness (mm)	5	5	5	5	2
Matrix size	128 × 192	512 × 512	256 × 224	320 × 192	320 × 416
FOV (mm)	22 × 22	22 × 22	22 × 22	22 × 22	22 × 16.5
Acquisition time (min)	0.5	3.3	3.5	2.5	7
NEX	1	2	1	1	1
Parallel imaging method (reduction factor)	2	2	NA	NA	2

Note:—NA indicates not available.
↵a B-values of 0 and 1000 via single-shot multislice spin-echo echo-planar imaging for DWI.
↵b Number of echo times, 11; first echo time, 4.5 msec; uniform echo time spacing, 5 msec; repetition time, 58.4 msec.