Cervical Spine With/without IV Contrast 1.5T
Philips Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols
Instructions And Patient Preparation
- Instructions
- Patient change into hospital issued gown and pants
- Position
- Supine head first
- Coil
- Posterior Coil with dStream Torso Coil OR NVArray Coil
- Landmark
- Chin
Contrast Agent Parameters
| Contrast Agent | Dose | Injection Rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) | 0.05 mmol/kg | Hand Bolus | ||||||
| Saline Flush | 10-20 mL | Hand Flush | ||||||
| Comments | • Gadolinium optional. Contrast use is recommended for possible spinal cord tumor, inflammation, or extra-axial spine tumor or in the setting of postoperative spine • If available, use mDIXON XD Fat Sat technique for the postcontrast scans |
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Info Page
| Scan Description | SURVEY | SAGITTAL T1 |
SAGITTAL T2 |
SAGITTAL T2 Fat Sat |
AXIAL T2 |
AXIAL T1 |
SAGITTAL T1 +C Fat Sat |
AXIAL T1 +C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | |
| Total scan duration | 00:31.4 | 03:29.2 | 01:08.0 | 01:45.0 | 03:24.6 | 02:55.0 | 03:27.3 | 03:10.6 |
| Rel. SNR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Act. TR (ms) | — | 513 | 2000 | 2500 | 4447 | 634 | 532 | 635 |
| Act. TR/TE (ms) | 26 / 4.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Act. TE (ms) | — | 8 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| ACQ matrix M x P | 240 x 200 | 300 x 199 | 320 x 154 | 284 x 131 | 228 x 208 | 200 x 196 | 300 x 198 | 200 x 198 |
| ACQ voxel MPS (mm) | 1.25 / 1.50 / 10.0 | 0.80 / 0.81 / 3.00 | 0.75 / 1.03 / 3.00 | 0.85 / 1.22 / 3.00 | 0.79 / 0.87 / 3.00 | 0.90 / 0.92 / 3.00 | 0.80 / 0.80 / 3.00 | 0.90 / 0.91 / 3.00 |
| REC voxel MPS (mm) | 0.94 / 0.94 / 10.0 | 0.54 / 0.54 / 3.00 | 0.38 / 0.38 / 3.00 | 0.63 / 0.63 / 3.00 | 0.40 / 0.40 / 3.00 | 0.40 / 0.40 / 3.00 | 0.75 / 0.75 / 3.00 | 0.40 / 0.40 / 3.00 |
| Scan percentage (%) | 83 | 99 | 73 | 69 | 91 | 98 | 100 | 99 |
| Packages | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Min. slice gap (mm) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Act. slice gap (mm) | — | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Optimal slices | — | — | — | — | 21 | 11 | — | 11 |
| Max. slices | — | 14 | — | — | — | 44 | 14 | 44 |
| Act. WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) | 0.907 / 239.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Min. WFS (pix) / Max. BW (Hz) | 0.409 / 531.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) | — | 0.646 / 336.0 | 0.845 / 257.0 | 0.612 / 354.9 | 0.677 / 320.6 | 0.650 / 334.2 | 0.633 / 342.9 | 0.650 / 334.2 |
| Full flow comp. | — | no | — | — | yes | yes | no | yes |
| TSE es / shot (ms) | — | 7.8 / 39 | 6.7 / 194 | 5.5 / 175 | 10.0 / 200 | 10.0 / 50 | 7.8 / 39 | 10.0 / 50 |
| TEeff / TEequiv (ms) | — | — | 100 / 94 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Min. TR (ms) | — | 513 | 1907 | 2221 | 4447 | 634 | 532 | 635 |
| Local torso SAR | < 12 % | < 50 % | < 72 % | < 73 % | < 97 % | < 89 % | < 50 % | < 89 % |
| Whole body SAR / level | < 0.3 W/kg / normal |
< 1.3 W/kg / normal | < 1.8 W/kg / normal | < 1.9 W/kg / normal | < 2.5 W/kg / 1st level |
< 2.3 W/kg / 1st level |
< 1.3 W/kg / normal | < 2.3 W/kg / 1st level |
| SED | 0.0 kJ/kg | < 0.3 kJ/kg | < 0.1 kJ/kg | < 0.2 kJ/kg | < 0.5 kJ/kg | < 0.4 kJ/kg | < 0.3 kJ/kg | < 0.4 kJ/kg |
| Max B1+rms | 1.44 uT | 2.99 uT | 3.58 uT | 3.65 uT | 4.17 uT | 3.99 uT | 2.99 uT | 3.99 uT |
| PNS / level | 18 % / normal | 49 % / normal | 47 % / normal | 47 % / normal | 47 % / normal | 57 % / normal | 49 % / normal | 57 % / normal |
| dB/dt | 12.8 T/s | 48.4 T/s | 48.4 T/s | 43.8 T/s | 41.4 T/s | 52.5 T/s | 48.4 T/s | 52.6 T/s |
| Sound Pressure Level (dB) | 0.1 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 17.1 |
Geometry
| Scan Description | SURVEY | 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 |
| Uniformity | — | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR |
| FOV AP (mm) | — | 161 | 159 | 160 | 181 | 181 | 159 | 181 |
| FOV FH (mm) | 300 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 138 | 138 | 240 | 138 |
| FOV RL (mm) | 300 | 43 | 46 | 46 | 181 | 181 | 43 | 181 |
| FOV (mm) | (2) 32, (18) 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACQ voxel size AP (mm) | — | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| ACQ voxel size FH (mm) | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | — | — | 0.8 | — |
| ACQ voxel size RL (mm) | 1.5 | — | — | — | 0.9 | 0.9 | — | 0.9 |
| Slice thickness (mm) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 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) | — | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Recon voxel size FH (mm) | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | — | — | 0.8 | — |
| Recon voxel size RL (mm) | 0.9 | — | — | — | 0.4 | 0.4 | — | 0.4 |
| Fold-over suppression | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling |
| A (mm) | — | 70 | 50 | 50 | — | — | 70 | — |
| L (mm) | 150 | — | — | — | 89 | 89 | — | 89 |
| P (mm) | — | 20 | 20 | 20 | — | — | 20 | — |
| R (mm) | 150 | — | — | — | 90 | 90 | — | 90 |
| Reconstruction matrix | 320 | 448 | 640 | 384 | 448 | 448 | 320 | 448 |
| SENSE | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| CS-SENSE | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| reduction | — | 1.3 | — | — | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.1 |
| denoising | — | system default | — | — | system default | system default | system default | system default |
| k-t Acceleration | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Stacks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| type | (20) parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel |
| Slices | (20) 3 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 42 |
| slice gap | user defined | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| gap (mm) | (2) 1, (18) 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| slice orientation | coronal, sagittal, (18) transverse | sagittal | sagittal | sagittal | transverse | transverse | sagittal | transverse |
| fold-over direction | RL, FH, (18) AP | AP | AP | AP | RL | RL | AP | RL |
| fat shift direction | F, P, (18) L | F | F | F | P | P | F | 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 |
| Slice scan order | default | default | default | default | default | rev. central | default | rev. central |
| Stack scan order | ascend | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| O-MAR | — | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Move table per stack | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Large table movement | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Stack alignment | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stack sort order | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PlanAlign | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
| REST slabs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| type | — | free | free | — | free | — | free | — |
| orientation | — | coronal | coronal | — | coronal | — | coronal | — |
| thickness (mm) | — | 30 | 61 | — | 30 | — | 30 | — |
| orientation | — | — | — | — | — | — | sagittal | — |
| Interactive positioning | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Patient position | 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 |
| Patient orientation | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine |
| Patient body orientation | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine |
Contrast
| Scan Description | SURVEY | SAGITTALT1 | SAGITTALT2 | SAGITTALT2 Fat Sat | AXIALT2 | AXIALT1 | SAGITTALT1 +C Fat Sat | AXIALT1 +C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scan type | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging |
| Scan mode | MS | MS | MS | MS | MS | MS | MS | MS |
| technique | FFE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE |
| Contrast enhancement | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Modified SE | — | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Acquisition mode | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian |
| Fast Imaging mode | none | TSE | TSE | TSE | TSE | TSE | TSE | TSE |
| shot mode | — | multishot | multishot | multishot | multishot | multishot | multishot | multishot |
| TSE factor | — | 5 | 28 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| TE spacing | — | — | user defined | — | — | user defined | — | user defined |
| (ms) | — | — | 7 | — | — | 10 | — | 10 |
| startup Echoes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| profile order | — | low_high | asymmetric | linear | linear | asymmetric | low_high | asymmetric |
| DRIVE | — | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no |
| ultrashort | — | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no |
| fid reduction | — | default | default | default | default | default | strong | default |
| Echoes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| partial echo | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| shifted echo | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TE | shortest | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined |
| (ms) | — | 7.8 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 15 | 7.8 | 15 |
| Flip angle (deg) | 45 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Refocusing control | — | no | constant | no | no | no | no | no |
| angle (deg) | — | — | 140 | — | — | — | — | — |
| TR | shortest | range | range | range | range | range | range | range |
| minimum (ms) | — | 400 | 2000 | 2500 | 3000 | 350 | 400 | 350 |
| maximum (ms) | — | 600 | 4000 | 4000 | 6000 | 750 | 600 | 750 |
| Halfscan | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Water-fat shift | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum |
| Shim | — | default | default | auto | auto | default | volume | default |
| ShimAlign | — | — | — | — | — | — | yes | — |
| mDIXON | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Fat suppression | no | no | no | SPAIR | no | no | SPIR | no |
| strength | — | — | — | — | — | — | strong | — |
| power | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| inversion delay | — | — | — | auto | — | — | — | — |
| suppr. level | — | — | — | strong | — | — | — | — |
| frequency offset | — | — | — | default | — | — | default | — |
| Water suppression | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| MTC | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Diffusion mode | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| T1 mapping | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| SAR mode | high | low | moderate | high | high | high | low | high |
| B1 mode | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| SAR allow first level | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Patient pregnancy | 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 | moderate | moderate | low | moderate |
| Gradient mode | regular | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| SofTone mode | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Motion
| Scan Description | SURVEY | 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 |
| Respiratory compensation | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Navigator respiratory comp | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Flow compensation | no | sensitized | no | no | yes | yes | sensitized | yes |
| direction | — | — | — | — | through-plane | in-plane | — | in-plane |
| Temporal slice spacing | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| fMRI echo stabilisation | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motion smoothing | — | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| NSA | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| SMART | — | yes | no | yes | — | — | yes | — |
| MRE enable | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Dynamic Angio
| Scan Description | SURVEY | 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 |
| Dynamic study | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Arterial Spin labeling | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Post Processing
| Scan Description | SURVEY | 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 |
| Interactive F0 | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Quick Survey | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| MIP/MPR | 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 |
| Autoview image | 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 |
| Reference tissue | 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 |
| Preset window contrast | hard | intermediate | intermediate | intermediate | hard | hard | intermediate | hard |
| Reconstruction mode | real time | real time | real time | real time | immediate | real time | real time | real time |
| Save raw data | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Hardcopy protocol | 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 |
| Uniformity correction | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Geometry correction | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| IF_info_seperator | 1634755923 | 1634755923 | 1634755923 | 1634755923 | 0 | 0 | 1634755923 | 0 |
