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Pediatric Epilepsy Hi-Res 3T

GE Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Anatomical Region
Epilepsy Hi-Res
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 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
Coil Configuration GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadAnt, GE48chHeadPos GE48chHeadAnt, GE48chHeadPos GE48chHeadAnt, GE48chHeadPos GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadAnt, GE48chHeadPos GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt GE48chHeadPos, GE48chHeadAnt
Plane 3-PLANE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE AXIAL OBLIQUE OBLIQUE

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
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Imaging Mode 2D 2D 2D 2D 3D 3D 2D 2D 3D 2D 3D
Imaging Options Seq, EDR, TRF, Fast, SS, ARC EDR, TRF, Fast, SS, ARC EDR, TRF, Fast, SS, ARC EDR, TRF, Fast, SS, ARC EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ARC, IrP EDR, Fast, ZIP512, T2P, ARC, IrP Seq, EDR, TRF, Fast, ARC, IrP Seq, EDR, TRF, Fast, ARC, IrP EDR, Fast, Spiral Asset EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ARC, IrP
Pulse Sequence Spin Echo Spin Echo Spin Echo Spin Echo BRAVO Cube T2 FLAIR FSE-XL FSE-XL 3DASL Gradient Echo EPI BRAVO
ARC Phase 2 2 2 2 1.5 2 2 2 ― ― 2
ARC Slice ― ― ― ― 1 2 ― ― ― ― 1
Phase ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― 2 ―

Image Recon

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
Recon DL Strength Off Medium Medium Medium Low Off Medium Medium Off ― ―
Intensity Correction NONE SCENIC SCENIC SCENIC PURE PURE SCENIC SCENIC NONE PURE PURE
Intensity Filter None None None None None None None None None None None
Save Original Off Off Off Off Off Off On On Off Off Off

Scan Range

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
FOV 30 20 20 20 20 20 17 17 24 24 24
Slice Thickness 10 4 4 4 0.7 0.7 2.5 2.5 4 3 0.6
Slice Spacing 5 0 0 0 ― ― 0 0 ― 1 ―
Overlap Locations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ― 0
No Phase Wrap 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ― 1 1
Number of Slices ― 1 1 1 1 ― 37 37 1 34 1
Slices per Slab ― ― ― ― 272 300 ― ― ― ― 272
No Slab Wrap ― ― ― ― 1.03 1.03 ― ― 1 ― ―
Slice Resolution(%) ― ― ― ― 50 50 ― ― 0 ― 50

Acquisition Timing

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
Acq Voxel Size 1.0 X 1.6 X 10.0 0.8 X 1.0 X 4.0 0.8 X 1.0 X 4.0 0.8 X 1.0 X 4.0 0.8 X 0.8 X 1.4 0.8 X 0.8 X 1.4 0.4 X 0.7 X 2.5 0.4 X 0.7 X 2.5 ― 0.9 X 0.8 X 3.0 0.9 X 0.9 X 1.2
Freq 288 256 256 256 256 256 480 480 512 256 256
Phase 192 192 192 192 256 256 256 256 8 320 256
Freq DIR Unswap Unswap Unswap Unswap A/P Unswap S/I S/I R/L R/L A/P
# of Acq. Before Pause 0 0 0 0 ― ― 0 0 ― ― ―
Phase FOV 1 1 1 1 1 0.8 1 1 ― 1 1
Auto Shim Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto
Phase Correct Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off On Off
RF Drive Mode Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset
Excitation Mode Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective Selective
NEX ― 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1
Fat Shift DIR ― ― ― ― Reversed (P) Normal Normal (I) Normal (I) ― ― Reversed

Scan Timing

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
TE 80 Min Full Min Full Min Full ― Maximum 40 40 ― 35 ―
Number of Echoes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TR 1000 Minimum Minimum Minimum ― 7000 8631 8631 ― 2575 ―
Receiver Bandwidth 83.33 83.33 83.33 83.33 31.25 62.5 50 50 62.5 ― 31.25
Flip Angle ― 130 130 130 12 ― 142 142 ― 60 12
TI ― ― ― ― 450 1986 300 300 ― ― 450
Recovery Time ― ― ― ― 0 ― ― ― ― ― 0
Echo Train Length ― ― ― ― ― 180 14 14 ― ― ―
Post Label Delay ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― 2025 ― ―
Number of Shots ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― 8 ―

Contrast

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
Contrast Yes/No No No No No No No No No No No +C

Others

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
3D Geometry Correction Off Off Off Off On ― ― ― Off ― On
Anatomical Region Head Brain Brain Brain Head Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain Head

AIRx

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
Anatomical Reference ― None None None None None None None ― ― ―
Anatomical Plane ― None None None None None None None ― ― ―

Saturation

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
Fat/Water Saturation ― ― ― ― ― Fat ― ― Fat Fat ―

Gating / Trigger

Scan Description 3Plane Loc Sag T2 SSFSE Ax T2 SSFSE Cor T2 SSFSE Obl Cor T1 BRAVO Obl Cor T2 FLAIR Cube Obl COR STIR Obl Ax STIR 3D Ax ASL PseudoSwan (8 shots) +C Ax T1 BRAVO Stealth
Pause After Navigator Prescan ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― 0 0 ―
Auto Trigger Type ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Off Off