Bruker ICON - 5.2.7.2 Protocol Adaption; 5.2.7.3 Maximum Scan Times

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MRI System Operation
5.2.7.2 Protocol Adaption
ICON offers more than one hundred in vivo optimized protocols for mice and rats for
various applications. For routine work, only the slice position and orientation should be
adapted on a per-scan basis. Other parameters should be kept untouched for the less
experienced user.
A detailed description of important scan parameters and their influence on image quality,
contrast and scan time, as well as the available contrast modules is given in the
ParaVision Application Manual.
The experienced user may create user defined Locations and Protocols, optimized for a
certain project. These protocols may later be reused by the less experienced users for
routine work. For more details please see the ParaVision Application Manual.
5.2.7.3 Maximum Scan Times
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Recommended maximum scan times:
 ca. 1 hour for navigator methods (IntraGateFLASH and all EPI based methods)
 ca. 6 minutes for non-navigator methods (all other methods)
Longer measurement times are possible but might lead to image artifacts.