1.5t intera mr scanner

Magnetic Resonance images were acquired on a Philips 1.5T Intera MR scanner (Philips, Eindhoven) with a body transmit coil and birdcage receive coil. Three sequences were used: T1-weighted spin echo (T1w, TR/TE/flip angle = 600 ms/15 ms/90°), T2-weighted spin-echo (T2w, 4000/80/90°) and 3D spoiled gradient echo (5.76/1.9/9°). T1w and T2w images were transaxial with pixel sizes 0.82 × 0.82 mm and 0.859 × 0.859 mm respectively and 3 mm contiguous slice thickness. The 3D gradient echo voxel size was 0.938 × 0.938 × 1.0 mm.

MR images were acquired on a Philips 1.5-T Intera MR scanner (Philips, Eindhoven, the Netherlands) with a body transmit coil and birdcage receive coil. Three sequences were used: T1w (TR/TE/flip angle = 600 ms/15 ms/90º); T2w (TR/TE/flip angle = 4000 ms/80 ms/90º); and three-dimensional spoiled gradient-echo (TR/TE/flip angle = 5.76 ms/1.9 ms/9º). T1w and T2w images were transaxial with pixel sizes of 0.82 × 0.82 and 0.859 × 0.859 mm², respectively, and a contiguous slice thickness of 3 mm. The three-dimensional gradient echo voxel size was 0.938 × 0.938 × 1.0 mm³ [see ref. (4 (link)) for visual MRI scoring].