Diagnostic accuracy of a short-duration 3 Tesla magnetic resonance protocol for diagnosing stifle joint lesions in dogs with non-traumatic cranial cruciate ligament rupture

Table 1 Magnetic resonance imaging sequence parameters used in this study

Sequence	Plane	TR	TE	Slice (mm)	Gap (mm)	FOV (mm)	Flip angle	Matrix	Orientation
PDW	3-D	1300	34			100 × 100 × 70		220 × 167	Joint centered
PDW	Sagittal			2			90°		True sagittal
PDW	Dorsal			2			90°		Parallel to patellar ligament
PDW	Transverse			2			90°		Parallel to tibial plateau
PDW HR aTSE SENSE	Sagittal	4326	30	2	0.2	120 × 120 × 48	90°	480 × 296	True sagittal
PDW HR aTSE SENSE	Dorsal	4324	30	2	0.2	120 × 120 × 48	90°	344 × 235	Parallel to patellar ligament
PDW HR SPAIR SENSE	Sagittal	4701	30	2	0.2	800 × 800 × 46	90°	228 × 160	True sagittal
T1-weighted TSE clear	Sagittal	665	18	1.8	0.18	90 × 90 × 39	90°	180 × 134	True sagittal

TR = Repetition time; TE = Echo Time; FOV = Field of view; PDW = proton-density weighted; 3-D = 3-dimensional; HR = high resolution; TSE = turbo spin echo; SENSE: sensitivity encoding; SPAIR = spectrally adiabatic inversion recovery; clear = constant level appearance.

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