Specific MRI parameters
| Imaging parameters* | Image sequence |
| 3D T1-BRAVO | |
| MRI system | 3.0 T GE750W MRI system (General Electric, USA) |
| Standard cranial channel coil | 24 |
| TR | 8.5 ms |
| TE | 3.2 ms |
| FOV | 256×256 mm |
| Matrix | 256×256 |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Gap | 0 mm |
| FA | 12° |
| rsfMRI | |
| MRI system | 3.0 T GE750W MRI system |
| Standard cranial channel coil | 24 |
| Echo sequence | Planar echo sequence (GRE-EPI) |
| TR | 2000 ms |
| TE | 30 ms |
| FOV | 240×240 mm |
| Matrix | 64×64 |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| FA | 90° |
| Number of layers | 36 |
| Time phases | 240 |
| Scan time | 8 min |
| DTI | |
| MRI system | 3.0 T GE750W MRI system |
| Standard cranial channel coil | 24 |
| Echo sequence | Planar echo sequence (GRE-EPI) |
| TR | Auto |
| TE | Minimum |
| FOV | 224×224 mm |
| Matrix | 112×112 |
| Thickness | 3.5 mm |
| FA | 90° |
| Gap | 0.7 mm |
| Voxels | 2×2×3.5 mm3 |
| Diffusion-sensitive gradient directions | 64 |
| Diffusion sensitivity factor | 1000 s/mm2 |
| Ungradient diffusion-weighted imaging | b=1 |
| Consecutive levels per gradient direction | 19 |
| QSM | |
| MRI system | 3.0 T GE750W MRI system |
| Standard cranial channel coil | 24 |
| Echo sequence | Planar echo sequence (GRE-EPI) |
| TR | 31 ms |
| TE | 1.9 ms |
| FOV | 256×256 mm |
| Matrix | 256×256 |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| FA | 12° |
| ASL | |
| MRI system | 3.0 T GE750W MRI system |
| Standard cranial channel coil | 24 |
| Echo sequence | Planar echo sequence (GRE-EPI) |
| FOV | 240×240 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| TR | 4852 ms |
| TE | 10.7 ms |
*The imaging parameters used allow complete coverage of the whole brain of the subjects.
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ASL, arterial spin labelling; 3D, three-dimensional; DTI, diffusion tensor imaging; FA, flip angle; FOV, field of view; gap, layer spacing; GRE-EPI, gradient-echo echo planar imaging; QSM, quantitative susceptibility mapping; rsfMRI, resting-state functional MRI; TE, echo time; thickness, layer thickness; TR, repetition time.