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Table 1 Magnetic-resonance sequence-acquisition parameters

From: Aerobic exercise and metformin on intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT): insights from multimodal MRI and histological changes in prediabetic rats

Scanning parameter

T1WI

T2WI

DTI

T2 mapping

Dixon

MRS

TR

120

2500

2500

1500

9.1

2000

TE

10

80

53

9.0

1.33

50

FOV (mm)

100 × 120 × 60

100 × 121 × 66

120 × 90 × 60

90 × 121 × 39

100 × 100 × 25

30 × 30 × 30

SNR

1.02

0.96

1.0

1.0

1.0

–

NSA

3

3

2

2

2

128

Scan time (min)

1.46

3.15

5.15

5.45

0.09

4.52

Slices

20

20

20

12

10

–

  1. DTI diffusion-tensor imaging, FOV field of view, MRS magnetic-resonance spectroscopy, NSA number of signals averaged, SNR signal: noise ratio, TE time of echo, TR time of repetition