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Table 1 MRI sequences to be obtained during the study

From: Predicting treatment Response based on Dual assessment of magnetic resonance Imaging kinetics and Circulating Tumor cells in patients with Head and Neck cancer (PREDICT-HN): matching ‘liquid biopsy’ and quantitative tumor modeling

Parameter

T1

T2

DWI (BLADE)

Slice Orientation

Axial

Axial

Axial

Field of View (mm)

256

256

256

Voxel Size (mm)

1 × 1 × 2

1 × 1 × 2

2 × 2 × 4

Recon Voxel Size (mm)

0.5 × 0.5 × 1

0.5 × 0.5 × 2

2 × 2 × 4

Parallel Imaging

No

Yes; Factor 2

No

Slice number

240

120

25

Fold-over Direction

AP

AP

N/A

Slice Oversampling

100%

No

No

Shim

Auto

Auto

Auto

Scan Mode

3D

M2D

M2D

Technique

GRE

SE

BLADE

Fast Imaging Mode

No

TSE

TSE and EPI

Echoes

1

1

1

Flip Angle (deg)

20

90

90

TR (ms)

7.38

4800

5400

Echo Time (ms)

4.77

80

50

Fat Suppression

No

No

Yes

b-values (s/mm2)

N/A

N/A

0, 800

NEX

1

1

8

Geometry Correction

3D

2D

No

Echo Train Length

1

15

15

Percent Sampling (%)

80

90

100

Pixel Bandwidth (Hz)

400

300

1220

Scan Duration (min)

6:05

4:48

7:08