Table 1 Imaging parameters of conventional MRI sequences and DWI, DCE-MRI

Parameter setting at 1.5 T

TR/TE (ms)

2800/100

7.03/2.39

4700/75

7.04/1.88

FOV (mm²)

350 × 318

380 × 309

280 × 280

260 × 260

Matrix size

384 × 326

320 × 240

160 × 128

224 × 190

Slice thickness (mm)

5.0

3.0

4.0

1.5

Slice gap (mm)

1.5

0.6

0.9

0.3

NSA

3

1

1/5/8

3

B values (s/mm²)

0–800–1500

Parameter setting at 3.0 T

TR/TE (ms)

3200/120

3.98 × 1.29

5400/82

4.03/1.29

FOV (mm²)

230 × 230

380 × 285

210 × 210

380 × 285

Matrix size

256 × 256

320 × 240

132 × 132

320 × 240

Slice thickness (mm)

3.5

1.0

4.0

1.0

Slice gap (mm)

0.7

0.2

0.8

0.2

NSA

2

2

1/5/6

2

B values (s/mm²)

0–800–1200