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MR Enterography 3.0T

GE Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Instructions
• OK to miss dome of liver. Coverage mid liver to perineum. Bind SSFSE series together
• Glucagon optional but encouraged
• NP0 6 hours
• Patient to arrive 60 min ahead to drink oral contrast (oral contrast OK to omit if patient cannot or won’t drink)
• VoLumen/Breeza
• <130 lbs – 2 bottles = drink evenly 45-60 min prior to exam
• One cup of water when patient is on the table
• IV contrast: 0.1 mmol/kg, 2 mL/sec
• Glucagon: 0.6-1 mg glucagon given IV (can be given all at once before T2 SSFSE or split to half amount before T2 SSFSE and half amount before T1s)
• Push slowly over 1 min to avoid emesis
Common Indications
Small bowel pathology
Position
Consider prone position if patient is able
Coil
8 or 12 channel Body coil, GEMS array, or Air coil
Landmark
Iliac Crest

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 Pre – 40 sec post – 2-5 min post
Saline Flush 50 mL 2 mL/sec Immediately following gadolinium
Comments Expiration Quiet breathing Glucagon
0.4-0.5 mg IV
Expiration
Expiration
Abdomen
Expiration
Pelvis
Glucagon
0.4-0.5 mg IV pre
40 sec post
2-3 min post
Abdomen & Pelvis Optional:
Resp Trig
Abdomen & Pelvis
Comments Expiration Quiet breathing Glucagon
0.4-0.5 mg IV Expiration
Expiration
Abdomen
Expiration
Pelvis
Glucagon
0.4-0.5 mg IV pre
40 sec post
2-3 min post
Abdomen & Pelvis Optional:
Resp Trig
Abdomen & Pelvis

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
CORONAL
2D FIESTA
Real-time
CORONAL
SSFSE
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
CORONAL
3D LAVA
AXIAL
T1
AXIAL
DWI ASSET
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Mode 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 3D 3D 2D
Pulse Sequence SSFSE FIESTA SSFSE SSFSE SSFSE LAVA LAVA DWI EPI
Imaging Options SEQ, EDR,
FAST, SS, ARC
SEQ, MPh, FAST EDR, FAST,
SS, ARC
EDR, FAST,
SS, ARC
EDR, FAST,
SS, ARC
FAST, EDR,
ZIP512, ZIP2, ARC
EDR, FAST, ZIP512, ZIP2, ARC, FLEX Resp Trig, EPI,
DIFF, ASSET

Scan Parameters

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
CORONAL
2D FIESTA
Real-time
CORONAL
SSFSE
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
CORONAL
3D LAVA
AXIAL
T1
AXIAL
DWI ASSET
                 
TE 90 Min 90 90 90 Def Min Full Min
TR Min Def Min Min Min Def Def Def
Flip Angle — 50 — — — 15 15 —
Bandwidth 83 125 83 83 83 111 142 —
SAT — — — Sat Scr
Special Fat
Sat Scr
Special Fat
Sat Scr
Special Fat
— —

Acquisition Parameters

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
CORONAL
2D FIESTA
Real-time
CORONAL
SSFSE
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
CORONAL
3D LAVA
AXIAL
T1
AXIAL
DWI ASSET
                 
MATRIX freq 288 256 384 384 320 288 288 128
MATRIX phase 192 192 224 224 224 192 220 128
NEX 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 —
Phase FOV 1 1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1
Freq Direction — S/I S/I R/L R/L S/I R/L R/L
Accel Ph 2 — Ph 2 Sl 1 Ph 2 Sl 1 Ph 2 Sl 1 Ph 2 Sl 2 Ph 2, Sl 1.5
(can increase for poor breath holder)
ASSET
User CV 1, 240, 1 None Fr nex 0
Max echos 240
BTK 0
Fr nex 0
Max echos 240
BTK 0
Fr nex 0
Max echos 240
BTK 0
— CV6 1 —
Other — Multi-Phase Tab:
20 slices per Loc
— — — — — Real-time Field Adj On. Enh Prep 1
DWI b val 0-50
4 nex
b val 400-800
4 nex
Diff dr 3 in 1
OptTE On
Dual SE Off
Resp: 2 RR
Tr Pt 30%
Tr Wd 30%

Scanning Range

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
CORONAL
2D FIESTA
Real-time
CORONAL
SSFSE
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
AXIAL
SSFSE
Special Fat
CORONAL
3D LAVA
AXIAL
T1
AXIAL
DWI ASSET
                 
FOV 48 40 46 35 35 44 36 40
Slice Thickness 7 7 5 5 5 2.2 5 5
Spacing 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Number of Slices 51 Slices Slices PRN Slices PRN Slices PRN Slices PRN 100 Slices (PRN) 40 Slices 32 Slices
Approx. Scan Time 0:23 4:15 0:18/acq 0:20/acq 0:20/acq 0:18 1:30 @ 2:29