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Table 1 Acquisition parameters

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

  1. TR time to recovery, TE time to echo, TI time to inversion