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Cardiac Basic Anatomy And Function 3.0T

GE Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Instructions
• Cardiac vector gating
• If coronaries are to be evaluated, reduce slice thickness to 5 mm and skip 0 mm for Double IR and Triple IR
• Respiratory bellows
• Breath hold all scans on expiration
Common Indications
Ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (CMP)
Position
Supine
Coil
32 channel Torso, GEMS Body Array, or Air Coil
Landmark
Nipple Line

Contrast Agent Parameters

Contrast Agents Dose Injection Rate Dose Timing Method and Scan Delay
Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) 0.075 mmol/kg up to a calculated volume of 10 mL 4 mL/sec Injected during Perfusion. Consider injecting 1/3 of the contrast for Perfusion and after the scan is finished inject the rest at a rate of 1 mL/sec
Saline Flush 50 mL 4 mL/sec Immediately following gadolinium
Comments Breath hold 3 Slice Mid Vent or
if for Right Vent evaluation, then full stack copy and paste to acquire approx.
2 channel and
4 channel locs
Short Axis,
Double Oblique,
Left Vent,
Full Stack
Long Axis Views.
2 channel
3 channel
4 channel
3 Slices non-contiguous
Start scan, as soon as images start to appear, inject contrast at 4 mL/sec, once you visualize contrast have patient hold their breath for as long as they can Inject contrast
then wait
10 min for MDE. PREP TIME SCOUT–Use to determine TI time for MDE
10-45 min
after injection. Delayed enhancement
Short Axis and
Long Axis views
Optional:
10-45 min
after injection.
Delayed enhancement
Short Axis and
Long Axis views
Optional:
10-45 min
after injection.
Delayed
enhancement
Short Axis and
Long Axis views
Blood suppression must be done
pre contrast
Blood suppression must be done
pre contrast
fat nulling

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
AXIAL
Gated CINE
SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE
LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion
OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR
OBLIQUE
Viability
OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability
OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T1
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T2 Fat
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Mode 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D
Pulse Sequence SSFSE SSFP SSFP SSFP FGRE FSE-IR FAST GRE SPGR FAST GRE FSE-IR FSE-XL
Imaging Options EDR, SEQ,
FAST, SS, ARC
Card Gate, SEQ, EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ASSET Card Gate, ASSET,
SEQ, FAST
Card Gate, ASSET,
SEQ, FAST
Card Gate, EDR, Fast, Mph, ASSET, SrP, MOCO GAT, SEQ,
FAST, ASSET, IrP
Card Gate,
FAST, IrP
Card Gate, EDR
FAST, PS, IrP, ASSET
Card Gate, EDR,
ARC, PS, IrP
Card Gate, SEQ,
ZIP512, BSP,
FAST, ASSET
Card Gate, SEQ,
BSP, FAST, ASSET

Scan Parameters

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
AXIAL
Gated CINE
SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE
LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion
OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR
OBLIQUE
Viability
OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability
OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T1
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T2 Fat
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TE 90 Min Min Min Min-Full Min-Full Min Min-Full Min 36 102
TR 1000 Def (4.6) Def (4.6) Def (4.6) Def Def (4.4) Def (6.1) Def Def (6.1) Def Def
TI — — — — 188 — TI 200-300 PRN TI 200-300 PRN TI 200-300 PRN BSP TI Auto BSP TI Auto
Inv TI Auto
Flip Angle — 50 50 50 25 5 20 20 20 — —
ETL — — — — — — — — — 32 24
Bandwidth 83 125 125 125 83 83 50 62 50 62 62

Acquisition Parameters

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
AXIAL
Gated CINE
SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE
LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion
OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR
OBLIQUE
Viability
OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability
OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T1
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T2 Fat
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MATRIX freq 288 224 224 224 140 128 192 156 224 256 256
MATRIX phase 160 224 224 224 140 80 192 140 192 224 224
NEX 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Phase FOV 1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1 1 1 1 1
Freq Direction Unswapped — — — — Unswapped — — — — —
Accel Ph 2 Ph 1 Ph 1 Ph 1 Ph 2 Ph 1.5 Ph 2 Ph 2 Ph 1.5, Sl 1 Ph 2 Ph 2
Adv CV — Arryth Rej 0 Arryth Rej 0 Arryth Rej 0 60 Phases (adjust to keep 1 min scan time) IR Prep Pulse 1 Enhanced — IR Prep Pulse 1 Enhanced IR Prep Pulse 1 Enhanced Clc Ann 1 Clc Ann 1
Cardiac — Arryth Rej Wn 10
Delay Min
VPS 16
# Phases
Recon 20
Arryth Rej Wn 10
Delay Min
VPS 16
# Phases
Recon 20
Arryth Rej Wn 10
Delay Min
VPS 16
# Phases
Recon 20
#RR 1
Trigg Wind 20
Trigg Delay Rec
HR <80 1RR
HR=>80 2RR
Trigg Wind 30
Trigg Delay Rec
VPS 8
# Phases
Recon Auto
HR <80 1RR
HR =>80 2RR
Trigg Wind
per Chart
Trigg Delay
per Chart
VPS per Chart
RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay Rec
RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay Rec
#RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay
Min VPS 8
#RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay
Min VPS 8

Scanning Range

Scan Description 3PL
LOCALIZER
AXIAL
Gated CINE
SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE
LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion
OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR
OBLIQUE
Viability
OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability
OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T1
Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR Gated
T2 Fat
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FOV 40 40 40 40 36 40 40 40 40 36 36
Slice Thickness 8 7 7 7 8 10 7 7 7 6 (If coronary evaluation 5/0) 6
Spacing 0 2 2 2 10 0 2 2 2 1 1
Number of Slices 5-8 each Plane Variable – see comments above 15-18 3 3-5 1 15-20 15-20 15-20 Variable Variable
Approx Scan Time 23 sec per BH, 0:46 ± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent
± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent
± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent
1:00 ± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent
± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent
± 20-35 sec for
full SA Stack
gating dependent
± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent
± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent
± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent