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Table 3 Brain MRI protocol

From: Shanghai cognitive intervention of mild cognitive impairment for delaying progress with longitudinal evaluation-a prospective, randomized controlled study (SIMPLE): rationale, design, and methodology

Sequence name/Acquisition method

Field of View (mm)

Matrix

Slices

Inter-slice gap (mm)

Thickness (mm)

Voxel (mm3)

TR /TE (ms)

3D FSPGR

256 × 256

256 × 256

192

0

1

1 × 1 × 1

5.52/1.72

BOLD

240 × 240

64 × 64

33

0.7

3.5

3.5 × 3.5 × (3.5 + 0.7)

2000/30

  1. Abbreviations: TR repetition time, TE echo time, 3D FSPGR three-dimensional fast spoiled gadient-recalled