Advanced magnetic resonance imaging of chronic whiplash patients: a clinical practice-based feasibility study

Table 1 MRI sequence parameters

Sequence	TR	TE	Slice thickness	Flip angle	Slice Spacing	NSA	ETL	BW	FOV	Matrix	Other	Parallel imaging
Sequence	(ms)	(ms)	(mm)	(°)	(mm)]			(Hz/Pixel)	(mmxmm²)	Matrix	Other	(Grappa factor)
2D T2W FSE sag	4100	80	3	RFFA = 150	3.3 mm	2	17	355	220 × 220	224 × 320	DIXON	2
3D T2W SPACE sag	1500	101	0.8	140	–	2	66	324	250 × 250	602 × 640	–	2
2D T1W FSE sag	500	9	3	RFFA = 150	–	2	3	250	220 × 220	240 × 320	–	2
2D DWI trans (RESOLVE)	1088	60	4	180	4	–	–	920	220 × 220	160 × 160	b = 600 s/mm²	2
2D RG Phase-Contrast trans	26.3	9.88	8	20	–	2	–	745	140 × 140	192 × 192	VENC = 8–12	None

T2W T2-weighted, T1W T1-weighted, TSE turbo spin echo, SPACE sampling perfection with application optimized contrasts using different flip angle evolution, DWI diffusion weighted imaging, RESOLVE readout segmentation of long variable echo trains, RG retrospective gated, sag sagittal, trans transversal, RFFA refocusing flip angle, VENC velocity encoding factor, TR repetition time, TE echo time, NSA number of signal averaged, ETL echo train length (turbo factor), BW bandwidth, FOW field of view

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