Table 1:

Parameters of carotid MR vessel wall and brain imaging

	Carotid Artery Imaging				Brain Imaging
	T1WI	T2WI	TOF	MPRAGE	DWI^{^a}	T1WI
Sequence	TSE	TSE	FFE	FFE	EPI	FFE
TR (ms)	800	4800	20	8.8	2724	308
TE (ms)	10	50	4.9	5.3	86	4.6
Flip angle	90°	90°	20°	15°	90°	90°
FOV (cm²)	14 × 14	14 × 14	14 × 14	14 × 14	23 × 23	23 × 23
Matrix size	256 × 256	256 × 256	256 × 256	256 × 256	128 × 126	400 × 256
Slice thickness (mm^{^b})	2	2	1	1	5.5	5.5

Note:—FFE indicates fast-field echo; TSE, turbo spin echo; EPI, echo planar imaging; TR, repetition time; TE, echo time; FOV, field of view.
↵a DWI: b = 0, 1000 s/mm².
↵b Values represent the acquired slice thickness.