Sunday, 24 June 2012

Summary Parameters of Standard Scans

MEG FSPGR - Suitable for MEG/fMRI/Retinotopic/mri3dX
3D FSPGR Oblique-Axial
resolution: 1mm isotropic matrix 256x256x176,
field of view 256x256x176
TR/TE=7.9/3.0 ms
TI=450ms
Flip angle=20deg
1 NEX (acq time ~ 10min)

Quick FSPGR - Suitable for MEG/fMRI/Retinotopic/mri3dX
3D FSPGR Oblique-Axial
resolution: 1mm isotropic matrix 256x192x176 (zero-padded to 256x256x176),
field of view 256x192x176mm
TR/TE=7.9/3.0 ms
TI=450ms
Flip angle=20deg
1 NEX (acq time ~ 7min)

High-Resolution FSPGR - NOT suitable for mri3dX/MEG/Retinotopic
3D FSPGR Oblique-Axial
resolution: 0.8mm isotropic matrix 320x320x194 (zero padded to 512x512x194)
field of view 256x256x155mm
TR/TE=7.9/3.0 ms
TI=450ms
Flip angle=20deg
1 NEX (acq time ~ 10min)

30 direction DTI Oblique-Axial.
(ACPC)
TR/TE=Cardiac Gated/87ms (effective)
FOV: 23cm
Acquisition matrix: 96x96
Slice Thickness: 2.4mm 60 slices
30 directions, 3B0.
Parallel acceleration (ASSET) factor=2
 (acq time~13mins)

60 direction DTI Oblique-Axial. (ACPC)
TR/TE=Cardiac Gated/87ms (effective)
FOV: 23cm Acquisition matrix: 96x96
Slice Thickness: 2.4mm
60 slices 60 directions, 6B0.
 Parallel acceleration (ASSET) factor=2
(acq time~25mins)

3.4mm Isotropic GRE-EPI (for fMRI) An fMRI data set was acquired using Gradient Echo-EPI with the following parameters; TR/TE=3000/35 ms, flip angle=90deg, acquisition matrix=64x64, field-of -view=22cm.  53 slices of thickness 3.4mm were acquired, orientated parallel with each subject's ACPC line (oblique-axial).  A parallel acceleration (ASSET) factor of 2 was used.