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Table 1 Imaging parameters of SMS-RESOLVE DWI and RESOLVE DWI

From: Feasibility study of using simultaneous multi-slice RESOLVE diffusion weighted imaging to assess parotid gland tumors: comparison with conventional RESOLVE diffusion weighted imaging

Parameter

SMS-RESOLVE

RESOLVE

TR (ms)

4000

6750

TE (ms)

72

69

Slices

30

30

Slice thickness (mm)

3

3

Distance factor (%)

10

10

Voxel size (mm3)

1.1 × 1.1 × 3.0

1.1 × 1.1 × 3.0

Fat suppression

Fat sat

Fat sat

Readout segments

5

5

Readout partial Fourier acquisition

7/8

7/8

FOV (mm2)

220 × 220

220 × 220

Averages

b0 = 2, b1000 = 2

b0 = 2, b1000 = 2

GRAPPA acceleration factor

2

2

Slice acceleration factor

2

Acquisition time (min:s)

3:41

5:46

  1. SMS simultaneous multi-slice, RESOLVE readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, TR repetition time, TE echo time, FOV field of view, GRAPPA generalized auto calibrating partially parallel acquisitions.