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Table 4 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences

From: The effect of physical activity on cognition relative to APOE genotype (PAAD-2): study protocol for a phase II randomized control trial

Sequence

Parameters

T1-weighted MP-RAGE

Resolution = 1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0 mm, TR = 2300 ms, TE = 2.26 ms,

TI = 900 ms, FoV = 256 mm, 192 slices

T2-FLAIR

Resolution = 1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0 mm, TR = 5000 ms, TE = 381 ms,

TI = 1800 ms, FoV = 256 mm, 192 slices

Resting-state fMRI

Resolution = 3.4 × 3.4 × 3.4 mm, TR = 3000 ms, TE = 30 ms,

FoV = 220 mm, 48 slices, EPI factor = 64, 200 measurements

Famous Name Task fMRI (performed twice)

Resolution = 3.4 × 3.4 × 3.4 mm, TR = 3000 ms, TE = 30 ms,

FoV = 220 mm, 48 slices, EPI factor = 64, 111 measurements

High resolution Hippocampus

Resolution = 0.4 × 0.4 × 2.0 mm, TR = 8020 ms, TE = 52 ms,

FoV = 175 mm aligned perpendicular to the hippocampus, 29 slices

Diffusion weighted acquisition

Resolution = 2.0 × 2.0 × 2.0 mm, TR = 11,000 ms, TE = 97 ms,

FoV = 256 mm, 80 slices, 30 diffusion directions

  1. MP-RAGE Magnetization Prepared-RApid Gradient Echo, TR repetition time, TE echo time, TI inversion time, FoV Field of View, FLAIR Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery, fMRI functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging