Subtractionless compressed-sensing-accelerated whole-body MR angiography using two-point Dixon fat suppression with single-pass half-reduced contrast dose: feasibility study and initial experience

Table 2 Detailed parameters of the turbo fast low-angle shot 3D sequence used in the conventional-WBMRA protocol

Parameter	Station I	Station II	Station III	Station IV	Station V
Repetition time (TR, ms)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
Echo time (TE, ms)	1.29	1.26	1.26	1.34	1.40
Flip angle (FA, °)	20	20	20	20	20
Field of view (FOV, mm²)	450 × 450	450 × 450	450 × 450	450 × 450	450 × 450
Voxel size (mm³)	1.1 × 1.2 × 1.2	1.2 × 1.2 × 1.5	1.2 × 1.2 × 1.5	1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0	0.9 × 0.9 × 1.0
Slice number	125	125	125	130	110
Sense acceleration factor	4.3	4	4	4.5	4.5
Bandwidth (Hz)	1225.5	1329.8	1329.8	1106.2	1000
k-space filling mode	Centra	Centra	Centra	Centra	Centra
Phase partial Fourier	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75
Need for breath-hold	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Acquisition time (s)	18.2	20	20	20	18.7

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