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Table 1 CMR sequence parameters

From: Decreased global myocardial perfusion at adenosine stress as a potential new biomarker for microvascular disease in systemic sclerosis: a magnetic resonance study

Sequence parameters

Coronary sinus flow

Cine imaging

LGE

Philips

Siemens

Philips

Siemens

Philips

Siemens

Repetition time [ms]

5

5

2.9

2.5

4.2

8.3

Echo Time [ms]

2.6

2.8

1.5

1.1

1.3

3.2

Flip angle [degrees]

15

20

60

69

15

25

Inversion/saturation time [ms]

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

220–280

300

segmentation factor

4

4

17

17

 

20

Aquired spatial res. [mm]

2.1 × 2.1 × 10

1.7 × 1.9 × 8

2 × 2 × 8

2.2 × 2.2 × 8

1.5 × 1.5 × 8

1.3 × 1.8 × 8

Reconstructed spatial res. [mm]

1.1 × 1.1 × 10

1.6 × 1.6 × 8

1.3 × 1.3 × 8

2.2 × 2.2 × 8

1.5 × 1.5 × 8

1.3 × 1.3 × 8

Aquired temporal res. [ms]

34

40

50

40

n/a

n/a

Reconstructed time phases

20

20

30

25

n/a

n/a

SENSE/GRAPPA factor

2

2

2

2

0

2

VENC [cm/s]

80–150

80–120

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Number of slices/heartbeat

1

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Slice gap [mm]

0

0

0

0

0

1.6

Slice thickness [mm]

10

8

8

8

8

8

  1. LGE late gadolinium enhancement, SENSE sensitivity encoding, GRAPPA generalized autocalibrating partial parallel acquisition, VENC velocity encoding