Instructions And Patient Preparation
- Instructions
- • Supine
• Fat sensitive sequences are intended to identify fat containing ovarian masses - Common Indications
- Pain infection, non-gynecologic malignancy
- Coil
- 32 channel Body coil, GEMS array, or Air coil Torso or GEMS array
- Landmark
- Xyphoid
Contrast Agent Parameters
| Contrast Agent | Dose | Injection Rate | Dose Timing Method and Scan Delay | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) | 0.05 mmol/kg up to a calculated volume of 10 mL | 2 mL/sec | Power injectors should be used if arterial or multiple phases are desired. Otherwise, the use of power injectors or hand injection can be performed Smart Prep Bolus Tracker – Peak Arterial plus 12 sec | |||||
| Saline Flush | 50 mL | 2 mL/sec | Immediately following gadolinium | |||||
| Dynamic LAVA Notes | • Arterial Smart Prep – Tracker in aorta @ renal artery level, 12 sec delay • 90-120 sec delay |
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| Comments | Quiet breathing | Expiration | — | — | Breath hold Pre Late Arterial 90-120 sec |
Breath hold | Optional: Resp Trig |
Optional: Axial DWI |
Imaging Parameters
| Scan Description | 3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE ARC |
CORONAL SSFSE ARC |
SAGITTAL T2 |
AXIAL T2 |
AXIAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
SAGITTAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat RT |
AXIAL DWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Image | View Image | |||||||
| Mode | 2D | 2D | 2D | 2D | 3D | 3D | 2D | 2D |
| Pulse Sequence | SSFSE | SSFSE | FRFSE-XL | FRFSE-XL | LAVA-Flex | LAVA-Flex | FRFSE-XL | EPI-DIFF |
| Imaging Options | EDR, SEQ, FAST, SS, ARC |
EDR, FAST, SS, ARC, TRF |
FC, TRf, FAST, FR |
FC, TRf, FAST, FR, NPW |
EDR, ZIP512, ZIP2, ARC |
EDR, ZIP512, ZIP2, ARC |
Resp Trig, ARC TRf, FAST |
EPI, DIFF, ASSET, 1 Shot |
Scan Parameters
| Scan Description | 3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE ARC |
CORONAL SSFSE ARC |
SAGITTAL T2 |
AXIAL T2 |
AXIAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
SAGITTAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat RT |
AXIAL DWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TE | 90 | 90 | 103 | 103 | Def | Def | 90 | Min |
| TR | 1000 | Min | 3400 | 3400 | Def | Def | Def | 6000 |
| Flip Angle | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| ETL | — | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | 19 | — |
| Bandwidth | 62 | 83 | 62 | 62 | 142 | 142 | 50 | — |
| SAT | — | — | Sat Scr Ant Sat |
Sat Scr Ant Sat |
— | — | Chem Sat Fat Sat |
— |
Acquisition Parameters
| Scan Description | 3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE ARC |
CORONAL SSFSE ARC |
SAGITTAL T2 |
AXIAL T2 |
AXIAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
SAGITTAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat RT |
AXIAL DWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATRIX freq | 288 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 264 | 264 | 320 | 192 |
| MATRIX phase | 192 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 192 |
| NEX | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Phase FOV | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Freq Direction | S/I | S/I | S/I | A/P | R/L | R/L | drR/L | S/I |
| Accel | Ph 2 | Ph 2 | — | — | — | — | Ph 2 | — |
| User CV | 1, 240, 1 | Max echos 240 | — | — | Turbo 1 | Turbo 1 | Fat Sat eff 1 Fn Ln sup 0 |
Ramp samp 1 Flair Inv 0 Grad opt 1 |
| Other | — | — | — | — | Precontrast: Water, Fat In Phase Out Phase acquired |
— | Resp: 2 RR Tr Pt 30% Tr wd 30% |
DWI b val 0-50 6 nex Diff Dir ALL b val 400-1000 nex 6 Opt TE On |
Scanning Range
| Scan Description | 3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE ARC |
CORONAL SSFSE ARC |
SAGITTAL T2 |
AXIAL T2 |
AXIAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
SAGITTAL T1 LAVA-Flex |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat RT |
AXIAL DWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOV | 48 | 38 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 30 |
| Slice Thickness | 8 | 5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 5 | 5 |
| Spacing | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Number of Slices | Offset A40 | — | 15 Slices/acq | 15 Slices/acq | 104 Locs | 104 Locs | @ 60 Slices | 30 Slices |
| Approx. Scan Time | 0:46 | 0:25/acq | 4:00 ± | 4:00 ± | 0:24 | 0:24 | 3:30 | 2:26 |
