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GE Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Anatomical Region
Chest
Field Strength
3.0T
Coil
See the Coil Configuration row in the first parameters table below (varies by sequence).
Position & Landmark
Feet 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 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
Coil Configuration GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA GE40chGEMPA, GE16chTDIAA
Plane 3-PLANE AXIAL SAGITTAL CORONAL AXIAL CORONAL CORONAL CORONAL AXIAL

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
    View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image View Image
Imaging Mode 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 3D 3D 3D
Imaging Options Seq, EDR, Fast, SS, ARC EDR, TRF, Fast, RT, ARC FC, EDR, TRF, Fast, RT, FR, ARC EDR, TRF, Fast, RT, FR, ARC EDR, TRF, Fast, ARC EDR, TRF, Fast, ARC EDR, Fast, ARC, Flex EDR, Fast, ARC, Flex EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ARC, Flex
Pulse Sequence Spin Echo FSE-XL FSE-XL FSE-XL FSE-XL FSE-XL LAVA LAVA LAVA
ARC Phase 2 2 2 2 1.5 2 2 2 2
ARC Slice ― ― ― ― ― ― 2 2 2

Image Recon

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
Recon DL Strength Off Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Off Off Off
Intensity Correction NONE PURE SCENIC SCENIC SCENIC SCENIC 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 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
FOV 36 26 28 28 26 28 26 26 24
Slice Thickness 6 4 4 4 4 4 1.5 1.5 1.2
Slice Spacing 0 0.5 1 1 0.5 1 ― ― ―
Overlap Locations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No Phase Wrap 1 1 1 1.5 1 1.5 1 1 1
Number of Slices ― ― ― ― 10 18 ― ― ―
Slices per Slab ― ― ― ― ― ― 136 136 120
No Slab Wrap ― ― ― ― ― ― 1.06 1.06 1.07
Slice Resolution(%) ― ― ― ― ― ― 50 50 50

Acquisition Timing

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
Acq Voxel Size 0.9 X 2.3 X 6.0 0.7 X 1.0 X 4.0 0.9 X 1.3 X 4.0 0.9 X 1.1 X 4.0 0.9 X 1.0 X 4.0 1.0 X 1.5 X 4.0 0.9 X 1.2 X 3.0 0.9 X 1.2 X 3.0 1.1 X 1.1 X 2.4
Freq 384 384 320 320 288 288 288 288 224
Phase 160 256 224 256 256 192 224 224 224
Freq DIR Unswap R/L S/I S/I R/L S/I S/I S/I R/L
# of Acq. Before Pause 0 ― ― ― ― 1 ― ― ―
Phase FOV 1 0.8 0.8 1 0.7 1 0.9 0.9 0.8
Auto Shim Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto
Phase Correct Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off
RF Drive Mode Quadrature (CP) Preset Quadrature (CP) Quadrature (CP) Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset
Excitation Mode Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective
NEX ― 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Fat Shift DIR ― Normal (L) Normal (S) Normal (I) Normal (L) Normal (I) ― ― ―
Flow Comp Direction ― ― Freq ― ― ― ― ― ―

Scan Timing

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
TE 80 90 90 90 18 18 Minimum Minimum Minimum
Number of Echoes 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
TR Minimum ― ― ― 450 450 ― ― ―
Receiver Bandwidth 83.33 62.5 62.5 62.5 62.5 62.5 142.86 142.86 142.86
Flip Angle ― 111 111 111 111 111 15 15 15
Echo Train Length ― 19 21 21 3 4 ― ― ―

Contrast

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
Contrast Yes/No No No No No No No No +C +C

Others

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
Anatomical Region Chest Chest Chest Chest Chest Chest Chest Chest Chest
3D Geometry Correction ― ― ― ― ― ― On On Off

Saturation

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
Fat/Water Saturation ― Fat Fat Fat ― ― ― ― ―

Gating / Trigger

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Ax T2 fat Sag T2 fat Cor T2 fat Ax T1 FSE Cor T1 FSE Pre T1 Cor +c T1 Cor +c T1 Ax
Resp. Trigger Point ― 30 30 30 ― ― ― ― ―
Resp. Trigger Window ― 30 30 30 ― ― ― ― ―
Resp. Inter-Seq Delay ― Minimum Minimum Minimum ― ― ― ― ―