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Pediatric Comprehensive Brain 3T

GE Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Anatomical Region
Comprehensive Brain
Field Strength
3.0T
Coil
See the Coil Configuration row in the first parameters table below (varies by sequence).
Position & Landmark
Head first, supine. Landmark: center of the coil in use (typically central to the ROI).
Contrast
Weight-based gadolinium contrast per your institution’s protocol, supervising radiologist, and the agent’s FDA prescribing information. Postcontrast sequences are marked +C.

Patient Position

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Coil Configuration GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadAnt, GE48chHeadPos GE48chHeadAnt, GE48chHeadPos GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt
Plane 3-PLANE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE SAGITTAL OBLIQUE CORONAL

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
    View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image
Imaging Mode 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 3D 3D 3D 3D
Imaging Options Seq, EDR, TRF, Fast, SS, ARC Seq, EDR, TRF, Fast, T1flair EDR, TRF, Fast, FR, ARC Asset EDR EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ARC, HS, IrP EDR, Fast, ZIP512, T2P, ARC, IrP EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ARC, IrP EDR, Fast, FR, ARC
Pulse Sequence Spin Echo FSE-XL PROPELLER DW EPI Gradient Echo BRAVO Cube T2 FLAIR BRAVO Cube
ARC Phase 2 ― 2 ― ― 2 2 2 2
Phase ― ― ― 2 ― ― ― ― ―
ARC Slice ― ― ― ― ― 1 2 1 2
HyperSense ― ― ― ― ― 1.2 ― ― ―

Image Recon

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Recon DL Strength Off Medium Medium ― ― Off Off ― ―
Intensity Correction NONE SCENIC PURE PURE PURE PURE PURE PURE PURE
Intensity Filter None None None None None None None None None
Save Original Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off

Scan Range

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
FOV 30 20 20 20 20 23 23 23 24
Slice Thickness 10 3 3 4 4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5
Slice Spacing 5 1 0 0.5 0.5 ― ― ― ―
Overlap Locations 0 0 0 ― ― 0 0 0 0
No Phase Wrap 1 1 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Number of Slices ― ― ― 27 25 1 ― 1 ―
Slices per Slab ― ― ― ― ― 272 236 272 392
No Slab Wrap ― ― ― ― ― 1.03 1.03 ― ―
Slice Resolution(%) ― ― ― ― ― 50 50 50 50

Acquisition Timing

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Acq Voxel Size 1.2 X 2.3 X 10.0 0.6 X 0.7 X 3.0 0.5 X 0.5 X 3.0 1.6 X 1.6 X 4.0 0.6 X 0.9 X 4.0 0.9 X 0.9 X 1.2 0.9 X 0.9 X 1.6 0.9 X 0.9 X 1.2 0.8 X 0.8 X 1.0
Freq 256 352 384 128 320 256 256 256 288
Phase 128 280 ― 128 224 256 256 256 288
Freq DIR Unswap Unswap Unswap R/L A/P A/P S/I A/P S/I
# of Acq. Before Pause 0 0 ― ― ― ― ― ― ―
Phase FOV 1 1 ― 1 0.75 1 0.9 1 0.7
Auto Shim Auto Auto On Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto
Phase Correct Off Off Off On Off Off Off Off Off
RF Drive Mode Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Optimized Preset Preset
Excitation Mode Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective
NEX ― 1 1.5 ― 1 1 1 1 1
Fat Shift DIR ― Normal Normal ― ― Reversed (P) Normal (S) Reversed ―

Scan Timing

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
TE 80 24 100 Minimum 25 ― Maximum ― 24
Number of Echoes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TR 1000 3500 3349 8500 800 ― 6000 ― 550
Receiver Bandwidth 83.33 83.33 50 ― 31.25 31.25 35.71 31.25 62.5
Flip Angle ― 111 142 ― 20 12 ― 12 ―
TI ― 932 ― ― ― 450 1740 450 ―
Echo Train Length ― 8 26 ― ― ― 170 ― 24
Number of Shots ― ― ― 1 ― ― ― ― ―
Recovery Time ― ― ― ― ― 0 ― 0 ―

Contrast

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Contrast Yes/No No No No No No No +C +C +C

Others

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Anatomical Region Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain
3D Geometry Correction ― ― ― ― ― On On On On

AIRx

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Anatomical Reference ― None None ― ― None ― ― ―
Anatomical Plane ― None None ― ― None ― ― ―

Saturation

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Fat/Water Saturation ― ― Fat ― ― ― Fat ― Fat

Diffusion

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Multi b-values ― ― ― 1000.0; ― ― ― ― ―
Optimized TE ― ― ― On ― ― ― ― ―
Multi NEX Values ― ― ― 1; ― ― ― ― ―
Diffusion Directions ― ― ― All ― ― ― ― ―
Number of Diffusion Directions ― ― ― 3 ― ― ― ― ―
Number of T2 Images ― ― ― 1 ― ― ― ― ―
NEX For T2 ― ― ― 1 ― ― ― ― ―
Dual Spin Echo ― ― ― Off ― ― ― ― ―
# Synthetic b-values ― ― ― 0 ― ― ― ― ―
Recon All Images ― ― ― On ― ― ― ― ―
Real Time Field Adjustment ― ― ― On ― ― ― ― ―

Gating / Trigger

Scan Description 3-Plane Loc Sag T1 FLAIR DL Ax T2 PROPELLER Fat Ax DWI Ax T2* GRE Pre Ax T1 Stealth +C Sag T2 CUBE FLAIR +C Ax T1 Stealth +C Cor T1 Cube VASC
Auto Trigger Type ― ― ― Off Off ― ― Off Off
Pause After Navigator Prescan ― ― ― ― 0 ― ― ― ―