Instructions And Patient Preparation
- Instructions
- • Change patient into hospital issued gown and pants
• 20- to 22-gauge IV access preferred
• Power injector preferred - Position
- Supine, head first
- Coil
- 15 channel head coil
- Landmark
- Glabella
Contrast Agent Parameters
| Contrast Agent | Dose | Injection Rate | Dose Timing Method and Scan Delay | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) | 0.05 mmol/kg | 5 mL/sec | Preload by injecting half the dose of VUEWAY, wait 30 seconds, program 15 second inject delay, inject and scan perfusion sequence at the same time | ||||||
| Saline Flush | 20 mL x2 | 5 mL/sec | — | ||||||
| Comments | If available, use mDIXON XD Fat Sat technique for the postcontrast scans | ||||||||
Info Page
| Scan Description | Survey Cranial Nerve |
AXIAL T1 |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1 |
CORONAL STIR |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1+C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total scan duration | 00:31.4 | 05:06.8 | 05:52.0 | 06:14.4 | 05:09.6 | 02:18.7 | — | 10:31.3 | 08:26.1 |
| Rel. SNR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Act. TR (ms) | — | 588 | 4293 | 588 | — | 7706 | — | 588 | 588 |
| Act. TR/TI (ms) | — | — | — | — | 4914 / 180 | — | — | — | — |
| Act. TR/TE (ms) | 15 / 5.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Act. TE (ms) | — | 10 | 100 | 15 | 15 | 74 | — | 10 | 15 |
| ACQ matrix M x P | 256 x 126 | 252 x 229 | 300 x 251 | 252 x 222 | 252 x 196 | 112 x 111 | — | 252 x 222 | 232 x 211 |
| ACQ voxel MPS (mm) | 0.98 / 1.98 / 10.0 | 0.60 / 0.65 / 3.00 | 0.60 / 0.72 / 3.00 | 0.60 / 0.67 / 3.00 | 0.60 / 0.77 / 3.00 | 2.00 / 2.02 / 3.00 | — | 0.60 / 0.67 / 3.00 | 0.65 / 0.71 / 3.00 |
| REC voxel MPS (mm) | 0.98 / 0.98 / 10.0 | 0.38 / 0.38 / 3.00 | 0.42 / 0.42 / 3.00 | 0.29 / 0.29 / 3.00 | 0.35 / 0.35 / 3.00 | 1.00 / 1.00 / 3.00 | — | 0.38 / 0.38 / 3.00 | 0.29 / 0.29 / 3.00 |
| Scan percentage (%) | 49 | 91 | 84 | 88 | 78 | 99 | — | 88 | 91 |
| Packages | — | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 7 |
| Min. slice gap (mm) | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Act. slice gap (mm) | — | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | — | — | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Optimal slices | — | 6 | 13 | 6 | 14 | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| Max. slices | — | 18 | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | 18 | 21 |
| EPI factor | — | — | — | — | — | 111 | — | — | — |
| WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) | — | 0.959 / 226.5 | 0.745 / 291.4 | 0.972 / 223.4 | 1.007 / 215.7 | 20.100 / 10.8 | — | 0.412 / 527.7 | 0.504 / 431.0 |
| BW in EPI freq. dir. (Hz) | — | — | — | — | — | 1579.5 | — | — | — |
| TSE es / shot (ms) | — | 8.0 / 40 | 12.5 / 188 | 8.0 / 40 | 8.0 / 96 | — | — | 8.6 / 43 | 9.0 / 45 |
| TEeff / TEequiv (ms) | — | — | 100 / 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Min. TR (ms) | — | 588 | 4293 | 588 | — | — | — | 588 | 588 |
| Min. TR/TI (ms) | — | — | — | — | 4914 / 50 | — | — | — | — |
| TFE shots | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TFE dur. shot / acq (ms) | 698.5 / 630.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TFE shot interval (ms) | 698.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Min. TI delay | 373.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Act. WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) | 1.161 / 187.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Min. WFS (pix) / Max. BW (Hz) | 0.525 / 413.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Min. TR/TE (ms) | 10 / 5.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Local torso SAR | < 6 % | < 22 % | < 22 % | < 22 % | < 17 % | < 11 % | — | < 22 % | < 22 % |
| Whole body SAR / level | < 0.2 W/kg / normal | < 0.6 W/kg / normal | < 0.6 W/kg / normal | < 0.6 W/kg / normal | < 0.4 W/kg / normal | < 0.3 W/kg / normal | — | < 0.6 W/kg / normal | < 0.6 W/kg / normal |
| SED | 0.0 kJ/kg | < 0.2 kJ/kg | < 0.2 kJ/kg | < 0.2 kJ/kg | < 0.1 kJ/kg | 0.0 kJ/kg | — | < 0.4 kJ/kg | < 0.3 kJ/kg |
| Max B1+rms | 1.05 uT | 2.00 uT | 2.00 uT | 2.00 uT | 1.76 uT | 1.39 uT | — | 2.00 uT | 2.00 uT |
| PNS / level | 17 % / normal | 41 % / normal | 47 % / normal | 41 % / normal | 38 % / normal | 60 % / normal | — | 47 % / normal | 42 % / normal |
| dB/dt | 12.8 T/s | 40.9 T/s | 40.3 T/s | 41.3 T/s | 37.7 T/s | 56.4 T/s | — | 42.8 T/s | 43.5 T/s |
| Sound Pressure Level (dB) | -3.8 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 10.1 | — | 8.7 | 5.6 |
Geometry
| Scan Description | Survey Cranial Nerve |
AXIAL T1 |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1 |
CORONAL STIR |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1+C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartSelect | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Uniformity | — | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR |
| FOV AP (mm) | 250 | 150 | 180 | 66 | 66 | 224 | 160 | 150 | 66 |
| FOV (mm) | (3) 50, (17) 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FOV FH (mm) | 250 | 53 | 86 | 150 | 150 | 162 | 40 | 53 | 150 |
| FOV RL (mm) | — | 150 | 180 | 150 | 150 | 224 | 160 | 150 | 150 |
| ACQ voxel size AP (mm) | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | — |
| ACQ voxel size FH (mm) | 1 | — | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | — | 1 | — | 0.6 |
| ACQ voxel size RL (mm) | — | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Slice thickness (mm) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Bar orientation | RL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOI orientation | transverse | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOI size AP (mm) | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOI size FH (mm) | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VOI size RL (mm) | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Recon voxel size AP (mm) | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | — | — | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Recon voxel size FH (mm) | 1 | — | — | 0.3 | 0.3 | — | 0.5 | — | 0.3 |
| Recon voxel size RL (mm) | — | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Fold-over suppression | no | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | no | no | oversampling | oversampling |
| A (mm) | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| L (mm) | — | 20 | 5 | 20 | 20 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
| P (mm) | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R (mm) | — | 20 | 5 | 20 | 20 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
| Slice oversampling | — | — | — | — | — | — | default | — | — |
| Reconstruction matrix | 256 | 400 | 432 | 512 | 432 | 224 | 560 | 400 | 512 |
| SENSE | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| CS-SENSE | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| reduction | — | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | — | 5 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| denoising | — | system default | system default | system default | system default | — | system default | system default | system default |
| k-t Acceleration | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Stacks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| type | (20) parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | — | parallel | parallel |
| Slices | (3) 3, (17) 1 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 54 | 80 | 16 | 20 |
| slice gap | user defined | default | default | default | default | user defined | — | default | default |
| gap (mm) | (20) 10 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| Slice orientation | sagittal, coronal, (18) transverse | transverse | transverse | coronal | coronal | transverse | transverse | transverse | coronal |
| Fold-over direction | AP, (19) RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | AP | RL | RL | RL |
| Fat shift direction | (2) F, (18) P | P | P | F | F | P | P | P | F |
| radial axis | AP, RL, AP, (17) RL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| radial angle (deg) | (20) 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Slice scan order | default | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stack scan order | ascend | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Multi-chunk | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — |
| Move table per stack | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Large table movement | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Stack alignment | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stack sort order | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Minimum number of Packages | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Slice scan order | — | default | default | default | default | default | — | default | default |
| O-MAR | — | no | no | no | no | — | no | no | no |
| PlanAlign | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| REST slabs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| type | — | — | — | — | — | — | parallel | — | — |
| thickness (mm) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — |
| position | — | — | — | — | — | — | feet | — | — |
| gap | — | — | — | — | — | — | default | — | — |
| Interactive positioning | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Patient position | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first |
| Patient body position | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first | head first |
| Patient orientation | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine |
| Patient body orientation | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine |
Contrast
| Scan Description | SurveyCranial Nerve | AXIALT1 | AXIALT2 Fat Sat | CORONALT1 | CORONALSTIR | SourceDTI | Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C Fat Sat | CORONALT1+C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scan type | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging |
| Scan mode | M2D | MS | MS | MS | MS | MS | 3D | MS | MS |
| technique | FFE | SE | SE | SE | IR | SE | SE | SE | SE |
| Contrast enhancement | T1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Modified SE | — | no | no | no | — | no | no | no | no |
| Acquisition mode | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian |
| Fast Imaging mode | TFE | TSE | TSE | TSE | TSE | EPI | TSE | TSE | TSE |
| 3D VIEW | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — |
| shot mode | multishot | multishot | multishot | multishot | multishot | single-shot | multishot | multishot | multishot |
| TFE factor | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TSE factor | — | 5 | 15 | 5 | 12 | — | 52 | 5 | 5 |
| TE spacing | — | user defined | — | user defined | user defined | — | — | shortest | user defined |
| (ms) | — | 8 | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | 9 |
| startup Echoes | default | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| shot interval | shortest | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| profile order | linear | asymmetric | linear | asymmetric | asymmetric | — | linear | asymmetric | asymmetric |
| turbo direction | — | — | — | — | — | — | radial | — | — |
| DRIVE | — | no | no | no | no | — | yes | no | no |
| ultrashort | — | no | no | no | no | — | no | no | no |
| fid reduction | — | default | default | default | default | — | default | default | default |
| 3D non-selective | — | — | — | — | — | — | yes | — | — |
| Echoes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| partial echo | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| shifted echo | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TE | shortest | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined | shortest | user defined | user defined |
| (ms) | — | 10 | 100 | 15 | 15 | 74 | — | 10 | 15 |
| Flip angle (deg) | 20 | 90 | 90 | 90 | — | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Refocusing control | — | no | constant | no | no | — | no | no | no |
| angle (deg) | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TR | user defined | range | range | range | range | shortest | user defined | range | range |
| (ms) | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 1500 | — | — |
| minimum (ms) | — | 400 | 3000 | 400 | 3000 | — | — | 400 | 400 |
| maximum (ms) | — | 750 | 7000 | 750 | 6500 | — | — | 750 | 750 |
| Halfscan | no | no | no | no | no | yes | — | no | no |
| factor | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 | — | — | — |
| Water-fat shift | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | minimum | maximum | maximum | maximum |
| IR delay (ms) | — | — | — | — | 180 | — | — | — | — |
| acquire during delay | — | — | — | — | yes | — | — | — | — |
| dual | — | — | — | — | no | — | — | — | — |
| Shim | — | default | default | default | default | auto | default | default | default |
| mDIXON | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Fat suppression | no | no | no | no | no | SPIR | no | no | no |
| strength | — | — | — | — | — | strong | — | — | — |
| frequency offset | — | — | — | — | — | default | — | — | — |
| Water suppression | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| BB pulse | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — |
| TFE prepulse | invert | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| slice selection | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| shared | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| delay | shortest | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PSIR | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MTC | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| T2prep | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diffusion mode | no | no | no | no | no | DTI | no | no | no |
| gradient overplus | — | — | — | — | — | yes | — | — | — |
| directional resolution | — | — | — | — | — | medium (15) | — | — | — |
| nr of b-factors | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| b-factor order | — | — | — | — | — | ascending | — | — | — |
| max b-factor | — | — | — | — | — | 800 | — | — | — |
| average high b | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — | — |
| T1 mapping | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| SAR mode | high | high | high | high | high | high | high | high | high |
| B1 mode | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| SAR allow first level | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Patient pregnancy | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Patient WB SAR [W/kg] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patient Head SAR [W/kg] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patient max. dB/dt [T/s] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Max slewrate [T/m/s] | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | — | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Max. B1+rms [uT] | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PNS mode | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | low |
| Gradient mode | regular | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| SofTone mode | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Motion
| Scan Description | Survey Cranial Nerve |
AXIAL T1 |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1 |
CORONAL STIR |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1+C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac synchronization | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Respiratory compensation | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Navigator respiratory comp | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Flow compensation | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no |
| direction | — | — | — | — | — | — | through-plane | — | — |
| fMRI echo stabilisation | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Temporal slice spacing | — | default | default | default | — | default | — | default | default |
| Motion smoothing | — | no | no | no | no | — | no | no | no |
| NSA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| SMART | — | no | no | no | no | — | — | no | no |
| MRE enable | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| CENTRA | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — |
Dynamic Angio
| Scan Description | Survey Cranial Nerve |
AXIAL T1 |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1 |
CORONAL STIR |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1+C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angio / Contrast enh. | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quantitative flow | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manual start | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Dynamic study | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Arterial Spin labeling | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Post Processing
| Scan Description | Survey Cranial Nerve |
AXIAL T1 |
AXIAL T2 Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1 |
CORONAL STIR |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C Fat Sat |
CORONAL T1+C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preparation phases | — | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto |
| Interactive F0 | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Quick Survey | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| MIP/MPR | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| SWIp | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| mDIXON images | — | — | water, (5) no | — | — | — | — | IP, water, (4) no | IP, water, (4) no |
| Images | M, (3) no | M, (3) no | — | M, (3) no | M, (3) no | M, (3) no | M, (3) no | — | — |
| Autoview image | M | M | — | M | M | M | M | — | — |
| Calculated images | (4) no | (4) no | — | (4) no | — | (4) no | (4) no | — | — |
| Reference tissue | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter |
| Recon compression | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Preset window contrast | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft |
| Reconstruction mode | immediate | real time | immediate | real time | real time | immediate | immediate | real time | real time |
| Save raw data | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Hardcopy protocol | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Image filter | system default | system default | system default | system default | system default | system default | medium | system default | system default |
| Uniformity correction | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Geometry correction | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| Elliptical k-space shutter | — | — | — | — | — | — | default | — | — |
| Free rotatable | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| IF_info_seperator | 0 | 0 | 1634755923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1634755923 | 0 | 0 |
