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Table 2 MRI acquisition details

From: Patient-tailored transcranial direct current stimulation to improve stroke rehabilitation: study protocol of a randomized sham-controlled trial

Sequence

T1W

T2W

FLAIR

fMRI BOLD

pcASL

DWI

Voxel size (mm)

0.85 × 0.85 × 0.85

0.85 × 0.85 × 0.85

1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0 mm

3.00 × 3.05 × 3.00

3.00 × 3.08 × 6.00

2.00 × 2.04 × 2.00

FoV (mm)

245 × 245 × 208

1245 × 245 × 190

256 × 256 × 202

192 × 192 × 126

240 × 240 × 126

224 × 224 × 100

TR (ms)

7000

2500

4800

2490

4607

7700

TE (ms)

3.3

265

314

30

18

64

Flip angle

8°

35°

40°

80°

90°

90°/180°

Acquisition time (min:sec)

05:40

06:32

05:40

05:06a

09:26

05:31 + 0:53

Readout method (EPI, FEE, TFE, TSE)

TFE 243

TSE 133

TSE 182

FFE/EPI

FFE/EPI

PGSE/EPI

SENSE/TSE/halfscan factor

SENSE 2 (AP)

SENSE 2 (AP), 1.8 (RL)

SENSE 1.8 (AP), 1.9 (RL)

n.a

SENSE 2.0 (AP)

Halfscan factor 0.8

SENSE 2 (AP)

Other

  

Inversion time: 1650 ms

Monitoring of respiration and pulse (PhysioLog)

Post-label delay: 2 s

b = 1000 s/mm2 (gradient ampl. = 62mT/m, duration = 12.5 ms, separation = 27.5 ms)

40 gradient directions and 6 interleaved b = 0

Additional 5 b = 0 scans in the AP-PA direction every five condition

  1. aSequence repeated three times