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Table 4 Parameters of heart MRI sequences

From: Systemic cross-talk between brain, gut, and peripheral tissues in glucose homeostasis: effects of exercise training (CROSSYS). Exercise training intervention in monozygotic twins discordant for body weight

Sequence

Slice orientation

Phase encoding direction

Number of slices

Field of view (mm2)

Slice gap (mm)

Voxel size (mm3)

Repetition time (ms)

Echo time (ms)

Respiration control (parts)

Flip angle (°)

Bandwidth (Hz/Px)

Imaging mode

Acceleration mode (factor)

TRUFI single shot axial

transversal

A> > P

10

340 × 252

6.0

1.3 × 1.3 × 6.0

295.68

1.23

Breath-hold (1)

38

849

2D

GRAPPA (2)

TRUFI single shot 2 chamber

2-chamber

L> > R

1

340 × 252

1.5

1.3 × 1.3 × 6.0

295.68

1.23

Breath-hold (1)

38

849

2D

GRAPPA (2)

TRUFI single shot nearly 4 chamber

nearly 4-chamber

A> > P

1

340 × 252

1.5

1.3 × 1.3 × 6.0

295.68

1.23

Breath-hold (1)

38

849

2D

GRAPPA (2)

TRUFI single shot short axis

short-axis

A> > P

1

340 × 252

1.5

1.3 × 1.3 × 6.0

295.68

1.23

Breath-hold (1)

38

849

2D

GRAPPA (2)

TRUFI single shot 4 chamber

4-chamber

A> > P

1

340 × 252

1.5

1.3 × 1.3 × 6.0

295.68

1.23

Breath-hold (1)

38

849

2D

GRAPPA (2)

Cine 4 chamber

4-chamber

A> > P

4

340 × 276

1.2

1.8 × 1.8 × 6.0

35.70

2.47

Breath-hold (4)

12

449

2D

GRAPPA (2)

Cine short axis

short-axis

A> > P

6

340 × 276

1.2

1.8 × 1.8 × 6.0

35.70

2.47

Breath-hold (6)

12

449

2D

GRAPPA (2)

T2 HASTE

Coronal

R> > L

30

400 × 400

1.0

1.6 × 1.6 × 5.0

1400

87

Breath-hold (2)

160

698

2D

GRAPPA (3)

T1 TSE dark blood

transversal

A> > P

20

340 × 276

2.0

1.3 × 1.3 × 4.0

750

4.1

Breath-hold (20)

180

849

2D

GRAPPA (3)

  1. TSE Turbo Spin Echo, GRAPPA GeneRalized Autocalibrating Partial Parallel Acquisition, HASTE Half-Fourier Acquisition Single-shot Turbo spin Echo imaging, VIBE Volometric Interpolated Breath-hold Examination, TRUFI TRUe Fast Imaging with steady-state free precession