Magnetom trio tim 3t fmri scanner

We used a Siemens Magnetom Trio Tim 3 T fMRI scanner with a 32-channel gradient head coil. We conducted a localizer scan, followed by a whole brain magnetization prepared rapid gradient echo (MPRAGE) sequence to acquire high-resolution T1-weighted images (TR/TE/flip angle = 2.17 s/4.33 ms/7°, field of view (FOV) = 256 × 256 mm², matrix = 256 × 256, slice thickness = 1.2 mm, voxel size = 1 × 1 × 1.2 mm³).
Functional MRI images were acquired using a blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) echoplanar (EPI) T2*-weighted sequence (TR/TE/flip angle = 2.0 s/30 ms/90°, FOV = 220 × 220 mm², matrix = 64 × 64, slice thickness = 4 mm, voxel size = 3.44 × 3.44 × 4 mm³). The T1- and T2*-weighted images were collected in the same plane (30 axial slices angled perpendicular to the AC/PC line) with an interleaved excitation order and foot to head phase encoding.
We acquired whole brain diffusion-weighted images using a spin-echo echo-planar sequence along 30 diffusion gradient directions and with a b value of 1000s/mm² (TR/TE/flip angle = 9.5 s/91 ms/90°, b value = 1000s/mm², FOV = 240 × 240 mm², matrix = 96 × 96, slice thickness = 2.5 mm, voxel size = 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 mm³). Two normalization images with no diffusion encoding (b value = 0) were acquired in the beginning of the sequence.