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Table 4 MRI scans to be acquired at each of the four time points

From: Discovering the sense of touch: protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a somatosensory discrimination intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

 

Type

Resolution

Additional Details

T1 MPR

Structural

1 mm iso

3D

T2 FLAIR

Structural

1 mm iso

3D

T2 Blade

Structural

  

GRE

field map

3 mm iso

for EPI distortion correction

EPI

Functional

3 mm iso

80 frames

EPI

Diffusion

2 mm iso

8× b = 0 s/mm2

20× b = 1000 s/mm2

60× b = 3000 s/mm2

  1. Abbreviations. MPR Multiplanar Reformatting, FLAIR Fluid Attenuation Inversion Recovery, GRE Gradient Echo, EPI Echo Planar Imaging