Table 1 Imaging protocols of the tested MRI scanners
From: Inter-scanner reproducibility of brain volumetry: influence of automated brain segmentation software
Imaging protocols | GE Discovery MR750 | Siemens Skyra | Philips Ingenia CX |
|---|---|---|---|
Field strength (T) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Sequence name | BRAVO | tfl3d1 | T1W_3D_TFE |
Sequence type | T1 inversion-prepared FSGRE | MPRAGE | 3D TFE |
TR (ms) | 6.7 | 1900 | 8.2 |
TE (ms) | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
TI (ms) | 400.0 | 900.0 | 964.9 |
FA (°) | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Matrix | 256 × 256 | 256 × 256 | 256 × 256 |
FOV (mm) | 256 × 256 | 256 × 256 | 256 × 256 |
Slice thickness(mm) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Angulation | Sagittal | Sagittal | Sagittal |
Voxel size (mm) | 1 × 1 | 1 × 1 | 1 × 1 |
Number of slices | 190 | 192 | 190 |
TA (min:s) | 05:51 | 04:31 | 05:34 |