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Table 1 The magnetic resonance imaging parameters

From: A prospective study of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography (MRI/US)-fusion targeted biopsy and concurrent systematic transperineal biopsy with the average of 18-cores to detect clinically significant prostate cancer

 

Sequence type

Slice thickness, mm

No. of slices

TR, ms

TE, ms

b-values

Voxel size, mm

T2 sagittal

TSE

1

80

571

155

0.75 × 0.75 × 1

T2 coronal

TSE

3

20

4000

100

0.57 × 0.71 × 3

T2 axial

TSE

3

20

4000

100

0.57 × 0.72 × 3

DWI

SE-EPI

3

20

3773

84

2000 s/mm2

2.5 × 3.1 × 3

T1 DCE

FFE

0.85

85 × 6

6.6

3.4

0.85 × 0.85 × 0.85

  1. DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, DCE dynamic contrast enhanced, TR repetition time, TE echo time, TSE turbo spin echo, SE-EPI spin echo-echo planar imaging, FFE fast field echo