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GE Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Anatomical Region
Face / Neck
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 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Coil Configuration GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA GE19chGEMHNUFace, GE40chGEMPA
Plane 3-PLANE SAGITTAL OBLIQUE OBLIQUE CORONAL OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE OBLIQUE

Imaging Parameters

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
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Imaging Mode 2D 3D 2D 2D 3D 2D 2D 3D 3D
Imaging Options Seq, EDR, TRF, Fast, SS, ARC EDR, Fast, ZIP512, FR, ARC, HS EDR, TRF, Fast, ARC FC, EDR, TRF, Fast, FR, ARC, Flex EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ARC, HS, IrP EDR, TRF, Fast, DIFF, ARC, DWDuo FC, EDR, TRF, Fast, ARC, Flex EDR, Fast, ARC, Star EDR, Fast, ZIP512, ARC, Flex
Pulse Sequence Spin Echo Cube FSE-XL FSE-XL Cube DW PROPELLER FSE-XL LAVA LAVA
ARC Phase 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.25 2
ARC Slice ― 2 ― ― 2 ― ― 2 2
HyperSense ― 1.2 ― ― 1 ― ― ― ―
PSD Name ― ― ― ― ― ― ― efgre3d_aspir ―

Image Recon

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Recon DL Strength Off High High Medium Medium High Medium Off ―
Intensity Correction NONE PURE PURE PURE PURE PURE PURE NONE PURE
Intensity Filter None None None None None None None A – Little sharpening, some smoothing None
Save Original Off On Off Off On Off Off Off On

Scan Range

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
FOV 44 24 22 22 24 20 22 22 30
Slice Thickness 10 0.6 4 4 1 4 4 1 0.5
Slice Spacing 10 ― 1 1 ― 1 1 ― ―
Overlap Locations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No Phase Wrap 1 1 1 1 ― 1 1 1.5 1
Slices per Slab ― 312 ― ― 174 ― ― 220 472
No Slab Wrap ― 1.03 ― ― 1.09 ― ― 1.07 ―
Slice Resolution(%) ― 50 ― ― 100 ― ― 50 50
Number of Slices ― ― 1 10 ― ― 13 1 1

Acquisition Timing

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Acq Voxel Size 1.7 X 3.4 X 10.0 0.8 X 0.8 X 1.2 0.8 X 1.0 X 4.0 0.8 X 0.9 X 4.0 1.0 X 1.0 X 1.0 1.3 X 1.3 X 4.0 0.8 X 1.0 X 4.0 0.8 X 0.8 X 2.0 1.3 X 1.4 X 1.0
Freq 256 288 288 288 240 152 288 288 228
Phase 128 288 224 256 240 ― 224 ― 220
Freq DIR Unswap S/I Swap S/I S/I Unswap Unswap R/L S/I
# of Acq. Before Pause 0 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ―
Phase FOV 1 1 1 1 0.9 ― 1 ― 1
Auto Shim Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto On Auto Auto Auto
Phase Correct Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off
RF Drive Mode Preset Preset Preset Optimized Preset Preset Preset Preset Preset
Excitation Mode Selective Selective Selective Selective Focus Selective Selective Selective Selective
NEX ― 1 1 1 1 ― 1 2 2
Fat Shift DIR ― Normal (S) Normal Normal (I) Normal (I) Normal Normal Normal (L) ―
Flow Comp Direction ― ― ― Slice ― ― Slice ― ―

Scan Timing

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
TE 90 Minimum 18 85 80 ― Min Full ― Min Full
Number of Echoes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
TR 1000 500 500 2800 2629 5727 822 ― ―
Receiver Bandwidth 83.33 62.5 31.25 83.33 83.33 83.33 62.5 62.5 166.67
Echo Train Length ― 20 3 20 100 20 4 ― ―
Flip Angle ― ― 120 142 ― 110 120 12 12
TI ― ― ― ― 280 ― ― 23 ―

Contrast

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Contrast Yes/No No No No No No No +C No No

Others

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Anatomical Region Neck Neck Neck Neck Neck Neck Brain Neck Neck
3D Geometry Correction ― On ― ― On ― ― ― On

Saturation

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
SAT Location S ― ― ― Default ― ― Default ― ―
SAT Location I ― ― ― Default ― ― Default ― ―
Fat/Water Saturation ― ― ― ― ― Fat ― Fat Special ―
SAT Location R ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― R120.2
SAT Location L ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― L122.4

Diffusion

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Multi b-values ― ― ― ― ― 1000.0; ― ― ―
Optimized TE ― ― ― ― ― On ― ― ―
Multi NEX Values ― ― ― ― ― 2.0; ― ― ―
Diffusion Directions ― ― ― ― ― All ― ― ―
Number of Diffusion Directions ― ― ― ― ― 3 ― ― ―
NEX For T2 ― ― ― ― ― 1.5 ― ― ―
Dual Spin Echo ― ― ― ― ― Off ― ― ―
Recon All Images ― ― ― ― ― On ― ― ―

AIRx

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Anatomical Reference ― ― ― ― ― ― None ― ―
Anatomical Plane ― ― ― ― ― ― None ― ―

Gating / Trigger

Scan Description 3pl loc Sag T1 Cube DL Ax T1 DL Ax T2 Flex DL Cor STIR CUBE DL Ax DWI Propeller DL +C Ax T1 Flex DL +c Ax LAVA Star +c COR T1 LAVA-Flex
Auto Trigger Type ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Off