Contrast-enhanced MRA Abdomen 1.5T

GE Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

Instructions And Patient Preparation

Instructions: • Respiratory bellows
• Recommend high-relaxivity agents when available
Common Indications: Abdominal aorta aneurysm, stenosis, vasculitis if contraindications for contrast
Position: Supine
Coil: 8 Cardiac, 8 or 32 channel Body, GEMS Array
Landmark: Xyphoid

Contrast Agent Parameters

Contrast Agents	Dose				Injection Rate		Dose Timing Method and Scan Delay
Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY)	0.05 mmol/kg up to a calculated volume of 10 mL OK to cap at 10 mL max volume for patients larger than 100 kg				Dilute to 30 mL @ 1.5 mL/sec		Fluoro triggered to abdominal aorta opacification
Saline Flush	50 mL @ same rate				1.5 mL/sec		Immediately following gadolinium
Comments	Quiet breathing

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description	3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE	AXIAL SSFP	CORONAL SSFSE ARC	AXIAL RT T2 Fat Sat	CORONAL 3D MRA	CORONAL 3D MRA LOW FLIP	CORONAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL Inhance 3D FLOW
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Mode	2D	2D	2D	2D	3D	3D	3D	3D	3D
Pulse Sequence	SSFSE	Non-Gated FIESTA	SSFSE	FRFSE-XL	ceMRA-XV	ceMRA-XV	LAVA-Flex	LAVA-Flex	INH-VEL (e3DPCA)
Imaging Options	EDR, SEQ, ARC, FAST, SS	SEQ, FAST, ASSET	EDR, SS, FAST, ZIP512, ARC	TRf, FAST, RespTrig	EDR, FAST, ZIP512, ZIP2, ARC	EDR, FAST, ZIP512, ZIP2, ARC	EDR, FAST, ZIP2, ARC	EDR, FAST, ZIP2, ARC	FC, RT, ZIP512, ZIP2, ASSET

Scan Parameters

Scan Description	3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE	AXIAL SSFP	CORONAL SSFSE ARC	AXIAL RT T2 Fat Sat	CORONAL 3D MRA	CORONAL 3D MRA LOW FLIP	CORONAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL Inhance 3D FLOW

TE	90	Min	90	90	Min	Min	Min	Min	Min
TR	Min	Def	Min	Def	Def	Def	Def	Def	Min
Flip Angle	—	60	—	—	28	15	12	12	12
ETL	—	—	—	16	—	—	—	—	—
Bandwidth	83	125	62	50	83	62	90	90	31
SAT	—	—	—	Sat Scr Fat Sat	—	—	—	—	—

Acquisition Parameters

Scan Description	3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE	AXIAL SSFP	CORONAL SSFSE ARC	AXIAL RT T2 Fat Sat	CORONAL 3D MRA	CORONAL 3D MRA LOW FLIP	CORONAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL Inhance 3D FLOW

MATRIX freq	288	256	320	320	256	256	320	320	256
MATRIX phase	160	192	224	224	192	192	192	192	192
NEX	Def	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Phase FOV	1	1	1	0.8	1	1	0.9	0.8	0.8
Freq Direction	—	R/L	S/I	R/L	S/I	S/I	S/I	R/L	R/L
Accel	Ph 2	Ph 2, SL 2	Ph 2	—	Ph 2, Sl 2	Ph 2, Sl 2	Ph 2, Sl 2	Ph 2, Sl 2	1.5 Ph T
Adv CV	0, 240, 0, 2	0	Max # echoes 240 Max Ace 2	Blur Can 1 Fat Eff 1 EnFnL Sup 0	Turbo 2 Ellip Cen SI Res 78%	Turbo 2 Ellip Cen 1 SI Res 78%	CV6 1 CV30 1 CV36 70	CV6 1 CV30 1 CV36 70	SI Res 100%

Scanning Range

Scan Description	3PL LOCALIZER SSFSE	AXIAL SSFP	CORONAL SSFSE ARC	AXIAL RT T2 Fat Sat	CORONAL 3D MRA	CORONAL 3D MRA LOW FLIP	CORONAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL T1 3D LAVA-Flex	AXIAL Inhance 3D FLOW

FOV	48	36	40	35	36	36	38	36	38
Slice Thickness	10	6	5	5	2	2	2	3	2
Spacing	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Number of Slices	21 Slices	40 Slices	@ 30 Slices	40-50 Slices	70 Slice PRN	70 Slices PRN	116 Slices	128 Slices	56 Locs
Approx. Scan Time	0:46	± 16 sec per BH	± 16 sec per BH	± 5:00	0:20	0:20	0:23	0:23	± 6:30