Table 1

 MRI protocol for reliability of the MRI-determined supraspinatus tendinosis examination

OrientationOblique coronal suppressed proton densityCoronal fat suppressed saggital T2Saggital T2Axial proton densityAxial proton density fat suppressed
FOV, field of view; NEX, number of excitations; TE (eff), echo time (effective); TR, repetition time.
SwimmersAdductionAdductionAdductionAdductionAdduction
PositionNeutral rotationNeutral rotationNeutral rotationNeutral rotationNeutral rotation
FOV (cm)1313131515
TR (ms)35003500350035003500
TE (eff) (ms)3490503434
Slice thickness33333
Matrix size512×256256×192512×256384×320384×256
Echo train8101088
Bandwidth (kHz)2520202020
NEX23222