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Table 6 The structural and functional MR parameters of the original MR sequence including the ranges of the parameters after the adaption to each scanner

From: The German research consortium for the study of bipolar disorder (BipoLife): a magnetic resonance imaging study protocol

Parameter

T1 (range)

fMRI—Resting state (range)

fMRI—DRD (range)

fMRI—Face matching (range)

fMRI—ToM (range)

Repetition time (TR)

1900 ms (shortest—1900 ms)

2000 ms

1900 ms

2000 ms

2000 ms

Echo time (TE)

2.26 ms (shortest—2.26 ms)

30 ms

30 ms

30 ms

30 ms

Field of View (FoV) mm2

256 × 256

210 × 210

192 × 192

210 × 210

192 × 192

Matrix size

256 × 256

64 × 64

64 × 64

64 × 64

64 × 64

Slice thickness

1.0

3.0 mm

3.0 mm

3.8

4.0 mm

Distance factor

50% (0–50%)

20%

20%

10%

25%

Flip angle

9° (8–9°)

70°

70°

90°

80°

Phase encoding direction

Anterior >> Posterior (Right >  > Left)

Anterior >  > Posterior

Anterior >  > Posterior

Anterior >  > Posterior

Anterior >  > Posterior

Bandwidth

200 Hz/Px (191–200 Hz/Px)

2894 Hz/Px (2298–3987 Hz/Px)

2894 Hz/Px (2232–3653 Hz/Px)

2232 Hz/Px (2232–3987 Hz/Px)

2112 Hz/Px (2112–3653 Hz/Px)

Acquisition order

Ascending (Cartesian)

Interleaved—Ascending (Interleaved)

Interleaved—Ascending (Interleaved)

Interleaved—Ascending (Interleaved)

Interleaved—Descending (Interleaved)

Number of slices

176 (176–220)

34 (32–34)

31 (30–31)

33 (32–33)

32

Measurements

 

250

185

187

239

Effective voxel size (mm3)

1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0

3.3 × 3.3 × 3.0

3.0 × 3.0 × 3.0

3.3 × 3.3 × 3.8

3.0 × 3.0 × 4.0

Acquisition time (TA)

4:26 min (3:11–4:28 min)

8:24 min (8:24–8:37 min)

5:55 min (5:55–6:00 min)

6:20 min (6:18–6:24 min)

8:02 min (8:02–8:08 min)