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Table 1 MRI sequences

From: Effects of season long participation on ACL volume in female intercollegiate soccer athletes

Protocol

Time (min:sec)

Pulse Sequence

Time of Repetition (ms)

Time of Echo (ms)

Coronal Locator

0:21

Fast Spin Echo (8) 2D

1112

15

3 Plane Locator

0:30

Field Echo 2D

72

9

Shimming

0:13

Field Echo 2D

200

4.8/9

Sagittal Proton Density

4:30

Fast Spin Echo (4) 2D

2750

18

Sagittal T2 Weighted Fat Sat

3:46

Fast Spin Echo (7) 2D

4092

60

Coronal T2 Weighted

3:46

Fast Spin Echo (7) 2D

4092

60

Coronal Proton Density

4:23

Fast Spin Echo (4) 2D

2300

18

Coronal STIR (Short Tau Inversion Recovery)

3:27

Fast Spin Echo (7) 2D

3750

48

Coronal T2 Weighted 2 .5mm

3:18

Fast Spin Echo (7) 2D

3596

60

Sagittal T2 Weighted 2 .5mm

3:18

Fast Spin Echo (7) 2D

3596

60