From: Quantifying bone marrow inflammatory edema in the spine and sacroiliac joints with thresholding
Spine | SI joints | |
---|---|---|
Orientation | Sagittal | Semi-coronal |
TR (msec) | 4250 | 3700 |
TE (msec) | 51 (for lower spine) 52 (for upper spine) | 52 |
TI (msec) | 145 | 145 |
Slice thickness (mm) | 4 (for lower spine) 3 (for upper spine) | 4 |
Gap | 10% | 10% |
Number of slices | Minimum of 16 | 15 |