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Siemens Healthineers – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Common Indications
Screening
Position
Prone
Coil
Bilateral Breast Coil
Landmark
Mid-breast, Nipples

Contrast Agent Parameters

Contrast Agent Dose
Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) 0.05 mmol/kg up to a calculated volume of 10 mL
Saline Flush 50 mL
Comments Report agent administered and dose

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description LOCALIZER AXIAL
STIR
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
Pre
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
1 PHASE
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Pulse sequence fl tir rr fl fl
Dimension 2D 2D 3D 3D
PAT mode GRAPPA GRAPPA GRAPPA GRAPPA
mmPAT 2 3 3 3
Acceleration factor PE 2 3 3 3
Acceleration factor 3D — — 1 1

Scan Parameters

Scan Description LOCALIZER AXIAL
STIR
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
Pre
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
1 PHASE
         
TR 6.0 ms 5500.0 ms 4.52 ms 4.52 ms
TE 2.46 ms 52.0 ms 1.80 ms 1.80 ms
TI — 215 ms — —
Flip Angle 30 deg 150 deg 11 deg 11 deg
Turbo factor — 12 — —
Bandwidth 480 Hz/Px 260 Hz/Px 400 Hz/Px 400 Hz/Px
Water suppr. None None None None
Fat suppr. None None SPAIR SPAIR
Gradient mode Fast Normal Fast Fast
RF pulse type Fast Normal Fast Fast
Asymmetric echo Off — Weak Weak

Acquisition Parameters

Scan Description LOCALIZER AXIAL
STIR
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
Pre
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
1 PHASE
         
Base resolution 288 320 416 416
Phase resolution 80% 100% 100% 100%
Slice resolution — — 50% 50%
Averages 1 2 1 1
Averaging mode Short term Long term Short term Short term
Concatenations 2 2 1 1
FoV read 450 mm 290 mm 290 mm 290 mm
FoV phase 100% 100% 100% 100%
Phase enc. dir. A >> P R >> L R >> L R >> L
Phase partial fourier Off Off 7/8 7/8
Phase oversampling 10% 30% 40% 40%
Slice partial fourier — — 7/8 7/8
Slice oversampling — — 11% 11%
Flow compensation No Read — —

Scanning Range

Scan Description LOCALIZER AXIAL
STIR
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
Pre
AXIAL
T1 3D DYNAMIC
1 PHASE
         
Filter Distortion Corr.(2D) Distortion Corr.(2D), Prescan Normalize, Elliptical filter Distortion Corr.(3D), Prescan Normalize, Elliptical filter Distortion Corr.(3D), Prescan Normalize, Elliptical filter
Slice thickness 5.5 mm 4.0 mm 0.8 mm 0.8 mm
Distance factor 150% 0% 20% 20%
Slices 7 Slices 55 Slices 144 Slices per Slab 144 Slices per Slab
Time of acquisition 0:25 4:59 1:12 1:12