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110 Chapter 6 TABLES Table 1-A. Postmortem magnetic resonance protocol Scan area Coil Sequence TR/TE/TI (ms) Slice width (mm) FOV (cm) Matrix Number of slices Coverage per section (cm) Number of sections Scan time per section (s) Head - Pelvis Body FLAIR FSE T1w 2320/9.5/963 4.0/no gap 48x48 384x320 50 20.0 5-8 174 Head - Pelvis Body STIR FSE T2w 12000/41/120 4.0/ no gap 48x48 288x224 50 20.0 5-8 168 Thorax 8-channel torso array 3D fs FSPGR T1w 3.3/1.2/14 1.6 40x40 256x256 212 33.9 1 153 Thorax 8-channel torso array 2D STIR FSE T2w 11200/ 94/120 2.0 / no gap 40x40 256x256 170 34.0 1 359 TR, repetition time; TE, echo time; TI, inversion time; FOV, field of view; FLAIR, fluid attenuated inversion recovery; FSE, fast spin echo; STIR, short tau inversion recovery; fs, fat- saturated; FSPGR, fast spoiled gradient echo. All scans were made in the axial orientation. Table 1-B. Postmortem computed tomography protocol Scan area Rotation time (s) Tube voltage (kV) Tube current (eff. mAs) Slice collimation (mm) Pitch Scan time (s) Reconstruction Head - Neck 1.0 100 750 2 x 64 x 0.6 0.35 21 Filtered back-projection Thorax - Pelvis 1.0 120 600 2 x 64 x 0.6 0.6 32 Filtered back-projection Pelvis - Lower extremities 1.0 120 600 2 x 64 x 0.6 0.6 57 Filtered back-projection