Synthetic MR imaging–acquisition parameters

	ST-SyMRI	FAST-SyMRI with/without DLR^a
TR (ms)	4000–4743	4000
TE (ms)	21.2/84.8	17.5/87.4
TI (ms)	4 Automatically calculated saturation delays
Echo-train length^b	12
Bandwidth (kHz)	22.73	31.25
Acceleration factor (ASSET)	2	3
Section thickness (mm)^b	4
Spacing (mm)^b	1
FOV (cm)^b	23
Phase FOV^b	0.8
Frequency matrix (m × n)^b	308
No of sections^b	24–32
NEX^b	1
Scan time (min:sec)	5:04–6:01	3:28

Note:—m × n indicates slices of m by n dimensions; ASSET, array spatial sensitivity encoding technique; NEX, number of excitations.
↵a All MR imaging acquisition parameters and scan times were identical for FAST-SyMRI and FAST-SyMRI+DLR.
↵b The same parameters were used in all 3 MR imaging protocols.