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Thoracic Spine With/without IV Contrast 3T

Philips Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Instructions
Patient change into hospital issued gown and pants
Position
Supine, head first
Coil
Posterior Body Coil and Anterior dStream Torso Coil
Landmark
Upper Chest

Contrast Agent Parameters

Contrast Agent Dose Injection Rate
Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) 0.05 mmol/kg Hand Bolus
Saline Flush 10-20 mL Hand Flush
Comments • Report agent administered and dose
• Alternatively, can use the sequences to cover total spine and combine with selected sequences from the Cervical Spine and Lumbar Spine protocols

Info Page

Scan Description Survey Counter
LOCALIZER		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
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Total scan duration 00:31.8 01:08.1 03:21.7 02:20.1 02:18.4 02:06.7 02:48.7 01:03.7 02:48.7
Rel. SNR 2.3 10.6 3.1 0.8 0.9 1.4 2.1 2.7 2.1
Act. TR (ms) — 4868 686 2801 3296 4222 570 558 570
Act. TE (ms) — 60 8 90 90 100 8 10 8
Act. TR/TE (ms) 10 / 6.9 — — — — — — — —
ACQ matrix M x P 228 x 170 84 x 135 168 x 258 188 x 334 188 x 303 236 x 177 252 x 191 180 x 251 252 x 191
ACQ voxel MPS (mm) 1.75 / 2.35 / 10.00 2.98 / 3.34 / 4.00 0.95 / 1.24 / 3.00 0.80 / 0.90 / 3.00 0.80 / 0.99 / 3.00 0.85 / 1.04 / 5.00 0.79 / 0.96 / 5.00 0.89 / 1.27 / 3.00 0.79 / 0.96 / 5.00
REC voxel MPS (mm) 1.39 / 1.39 / 10.00 0.88 / 0.88 / 4.00 0.71 / 0.71 / 3.00 0.75 / 0.75 / 3.00 0.59 / 0.59 / 3.00 0.50 / 0.50 / 5.00 0.60 / 0.60 / 5.00 0.50 / 0.50 / 3.00 0.60 / 0.60 / 5.00
Scan percentage (%) 75 89 77 89 81 81 83 70 83
Packages 3 2 2 2 2 3 8 2 8
Min. slice gap (mm) 0 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 5
Act. slice gap (mm) — — — 0.3 0.3 — — — —
Optimal slices — — — — — 36 14 — 14
Max. slices — — — — — — 56 — 56
TFE factor 340 — — — — — — — —
TFE dur. shot / acq (ms) 3535.9 / 3494.8 — — — — — — — —
Act. WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) 0.602 / 721.3 — — — — — — — —
Min. WFS (pix) / Max. BW (Hz) 0.582 / 745.9 — — — — — — — —
Min. TR/TE (ms) 10 / 4.9 — — — — — — — —
WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) — 0.642 / 676.4 1.296 / 335.2 1.294 / 335.8 1.294 / 335.8 1.485 / 292.6 1.458 / 297.9 2.189 / 198.4 1.458 / 297.9
Full flow comp. — no no yes yes no no no no
TSE es / shot (ms) — 4.3 / 116 8.0 / 24 8.0 / 176 8.0 / 192 8.0 / 192 8.0 / 56 10.0 / 70 8.0 / 56
TEeff / TEequiv (ms) — — 8 / 8 90 / 76 90 / 76 100 / 72 8 / 8 10 / 10 8 / 8
Min. TR (ms) — 4868 686 2801 3296 4222 570 558 570
SPAIR offset act./default (Hz) — — — — 220 [220] — — — —
Local torso SAR < 10 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 %
Whole body SAR / level < 0.2 W/kg /
normal		 < 2.0 W/kg /
normal		 < 2.1 W/kg /
1st level		 < 2.1 W/kg /
1st level		 < 2.3 W/kg /
1st level		 < 2.7 W/kg /
1st level		 < 2.7 W/kg /
1st level		 < 2.7 W/kg /
1st level		 < 2.7 W/kg /
1st level
SED 0.0 kJ/kg < 0.1 kJ/kg < 0.4 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.5 kJ/kg < 0.2 kJ/kg < 0.5 kJ/kg
Coil Power — 40% 43% 43% 48% 80% 80% 80% 80%
Max B1+rms 0.52 uT 1.55 uT 1.54 uT 1.56 uT 1.62 uT 2.09 uT 2.09 uT 2.09 uT 2.09 uT
PNS / level 9 % / normal 49 % / normal 43 % / normal 60 % / normal 60 % / normal 46 % / normal 48 % / normal 47 % / normal 48 % / normal
dB/dt 15.4 T/s 46.5 T/s 43.8 T/s 44.4 T/s 43.1 T/s 36.8 T/s 38.5 T/s 39.4 T/s 38.5 T/s
Sound Pressure Level (dB) 2.1 21.3 16.9 21.3 19.0 17.3 17.4 20.1 17.4

Geometry

Scan Description Survey Counter
LOCALIZER		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                   
SmartSelect yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Coil 1 (exclude) — None None None None None None None None
Uniformity — CLEAR Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned
FOV AP (mm) — 250 160 150 150 200 200 160 200
FOV FH (mm) 400 451 320 300 300 323 323 320 323
FOV RL (mm) 400 39 47 39 39 184 183 47 183
      FOV (mm) (2) 32, (18) 40 — — — — — — — —
ACQ voxel size AP (mm) — 3 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8
ACQ voxel size FH (mm) 1.8 3 1.2 0.8 0.9 — — 1.3 —
ACQ voxel size RL (mm) 2.4 — — — — 1 0.9 — 0.9
Slice thickness (mm) 10 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 5
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) — 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6
Recon voxel size FH (mm) 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 — — 0.5 —
Recon voxel size RL (mm) 1.4 — — — — 0.5 0.6 — 0.6
Image shutter — no — — — — — — —
Fold-over suppression oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling
      F (mm) — 40 320 200 200 — — 320 —
      H (mm) — 40 320 200 200 — — 320 —
      L (mm) 200 — — — — 130 130 — 130
      R (mm) 200 — — — — 130 130 — 130
Reconstruction matrix 288 512 448 400 512 400 336 640 336
SENSE no no no no no no no no no
CS-SENSE no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
      reduction — — 1.8 1.5 1.5 2 2 2 2
      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 parallel
Slices (20) 3 8 12 12 12 54 54 12 54
      slice gap user defined user defined user defined default default user defined user defined user defined user defined
      gap (mm) (2) 1, (18) 5 1 1 — — 1 1 1 1
Slice orientation coronal, sagittal, (18) transverse sagittal sagittal sagittal sagittal transverse transverse sagittal transverse
Fold-over direction RL, FH, (18) AP FH FH FH FH RL RL FH RL
Fat shift direction F, P, (18) L P P P P P P P P
      radial axis RL, (2) AP, (17) RL — — — — — — — —
      radial angle (deg) (20) 0 — — — — — — — —
Stacks as packages yes — — — — — — — —
Minimum number of packages 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Slice scan order default default default default default default default default default
O-MAR — no no no no no no no no
Large table movement no no no no no no no no no
Stack alignment no — — — — — — — —
Stack sort order no — — — — — — — —
PlanAlign yes no no no no yes yes no yes
REST slabs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      orientation — — — — sagittal — — — —
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 Survey CounterLOCALIZER SAGITTALT1 SAGITTALT2 SAGITTALT2 Fat Sat AXIALT2 AXIALT1 SAGITTALT1 +C Fat Sat AXIALT1 +C
Scan type Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging
Scan mode MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS
technique FFE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Contrast enhancement T1 — — — — — — — —
Modified SE — no 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 TSE TSE TSE TSE
shot mode single-shot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot
TSE factor — 27 3 22 24 24 7 7 7
TE spacing — — — user defined user defined — user defined user defined user defined
(ms) — — — 8 8 — 8 10 8
TFE startup echoes default — — — — — — — —
startup echoes — — — — — — — — —
profile order linear linear low_high asymmetric asymmetric linear asymmetric asymmetric asymmetric
DRIVE — no no no no no no no no
ultrashort — yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
fid reduction — strong strong default default strong strong strong strong
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 in-phase user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined
(ms) 7 60 8 90 90 100 8 10 8
Flip angle (deg) 20 90 85 90 90 90 90 90 90
Refocusing control — no constant constant constant T2-optimized constant constant constant
angle (deg) — — 120 110 110 — 90 120 90
min. angle (deg) — — — — — 80 — — —
mid. angle (deg) — — — — — 100 — — —
max. angle (deg) — — — — — 120 — — —
TR shortest range range range range range range range range
minimum (ms) — 2000 450 2500 2500 3000 400 400 400
maximum (ms) — 6000 750 5000 5000 5000 650 700 650
Halfscan no no no no no no no no no
Water-fat shift minimum user defined user defined user defined user defined maximum maximum maximum maximum
(pixels) — 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 — — — —
IR delay (ms) — — — — — — — — —
acquire during delay — — — — — — — — —
dual — — — — — — — — —
power — — — — — — — — —
RF Shims — adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive
Shim — default default default volume default default default default
ShimAlign — — — — no — — — —
mDIXON no no no no no no no no no
Fat suppression no no no no SPAIR no no SPIR no
strength — — — — — — — strong —
power — — — — 1 — — — —
inversion delay — — — — auto — — — —
suppr. level — — — — strong — — — —
frequency offset — — — — user defined — — default —
offset (Hz) — — — — 220 — — — —
Water suppression no no no no no no no no no
BB pulse — no no no no no no no no
TFE prepulse no — — — — — — — —
MTC no no no no no no no no no
Diffusion mode no no no no no no no no no
T1 mapping no no no no no no no no no
SAR mode low high high high high high high high high
B1 mode default default default default default default default user defined default
amplitude (uT) — — — — — — — 10 —
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] — — — — — — — — —
Max. B1+rms [uT] — — — — — — — — —
PNS mode low low low low low low low low low
Gradient mode regular default default default default default default default default
SofTone mode yes no no no no no no no no

Motion

Scan Description Survey Counter
LOCALIZER		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                   
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 sensitized sensitized yes yes sensitized sensitized sensitized sensitized
      direction — — — in-plane in-plane — — — —
Temporal slice spacing default default default default default default default default default
fMRI echo stabilisation no — — — — — — — —
Motion smoothing — yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
NSA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MRE enable no no no no no no no no no

Dynamic Angio

Scan Description Survey Counter
LOCALIZER		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                   
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 Counter
LOCALIZER		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                   
Preparation phases — auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto
Interactive F0 no no no no no no no select no
Quick Survey default default default default default default default default default
B0 field map no no no no no no no no no
MIP/MPR no no no no no no no no no
SWIp no — — — — — — — —
Images M, (3) no M, (3) no M, (3) no 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 M M M
Calculated images (4) no (4) no (4) no (4) no (4) no (4) no (4) no (4) no (4) no
Reference tissue Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle
Recon compression No No No No No No No No No
Preset window contrast hard intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate hard hard hard
Reconstruction mode real time real time real time real time real time real time real time 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 system default 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
Free rotatable no no no no no no no no no
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