Instructions And Patient Preparation
- Instructions
- • Change patient into hospital issued gown and pants
• 20- to 22-gauge IV access preferred - Position
- Supine, head first
- Coil
- 15 channel head coil
- Landmark
- Glabella
Contrast Agent Parameters
| Contrast Agent | Dose | Injection Rate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) | 0.05 mmol/kg | 1-2 mL/sec | |||||||
| Saline Flush | 10 mL | 1-2 mL/sec | |||||||
| Comments | • Axial T2 Thin and Axial T2 Flair Thin coverage through posterior fossa • Cisternogram and Axial 3D Nerve view centered over IACs |
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Info Page
| Scan Description | SURVEY | AXIAL T2 Thin |
AXIAL T2 FLAIR Thin |
CORONAL T1 |
AXIAL T1 |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C |
CORONAL T1 mDIXON +C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | View Image | ||||
| Total scan duration | 00:45.0 | 02:26.6 | 03:30.0 | 01:20.0 | 01:10.4 | 02:08.4 | 04:42.0 | 01:20.0 | 02:20.7 |
| Rel. SNR | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Act. TR (ms) | 15000 | 5237 | — | 400 | 400 | 7136 | 1200 | 400 | 440 |
| Act. TR/TI (ms) | — | — | 10000 / 2800 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Act. TE (ms) | 152 | 100 | 140 | 15 | 10 | 74 | 159 | 10 | 15 |
| ACQ matrix M x P | 212 x 170 | 300 x 248 | 224 x 225 | 252 x 224 | 252 x 215 | 112 x 111 | 320 x 300 | 252 x 224 | 232 x 204 |
| ACQ voxel MPS (mm) | 1.18 / 1.47 / 5.00 | 0.60 / 0.73 / 3.00 | 0.80 / 0.80 / 3.00 | 0.60 / 0.67 / 3.00 | 0.60 / 0.70 / 3.00 | 2.00 / 2.02 / 3.00 | 0.50 / 0.53 / 1.00 | 0.60 / 0.67 / 3.00 | 0.65 / 0.74 / 3.00 |
| REC voxel MPS (mm) | 0.98 / 0.98 / 5.00 | 0.42 / 0.42 / 3.00 | 0.38 / 0.38 / 3.00 | 0.29 / 0.29 / 3.00 | 0.29 / 0.29 / 3.00 | 1.00 / 1.00 / 3.00 | 0.31 / 0.31 / 0.50 | 0.38 / 0.38 / 3.00 | 0.29 / 0.29 / 3.00 |
| Scan percentage (%) | 80 | 83 | 100 | 89 | 85 | 99 | 94 | 89 | 88 |
| Packages | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Min. slice gap (mm) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Act. slice gap (mm) | — | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | — | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Optimal slices | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Max. slices | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EPI factor | — | — | — | — | — | 111 | — | — | — |
| WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) | 0.449 / 483.3 | 1.402 / 154.9 | 0.835 / 260.2 | 0.972 / 223.4 | 0.981 / 221.4 | 20.105 / 10.8 | 0.492 / 441.4 | 0.972 / 223.4 | 0.516 / 420.9 |
| BW in EPI freq. dir. (Hz) | — | — | — | — | — | 1579 | — | — | — |
| TSE factor | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TSE es / shot (ms) | 4.4 / 521 | 12.5 / 188 | 6.8 / 273 | 8.0 / 40 | 8.0 / 40 | — | 8.8 / 318 | 8.0 / 40 | 9.0 / 45 |
| TEeff / TEequiv (ms) | — | 100 / 82 | 140 / 105 | — | — | — | 159 / 141 | — | — |
| Min. TR (ms) | 8456 | 5237 | — | 393 | 393 | — | 331 | 393 | 440 |
| Min. TR/TI (ms) | — | — | 5827 / 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Local torso SAR | < 56 % | < 37 % | < 14 % | < 87 % | < 87 % | < 11 % | < 19 % | < 87 % | < 79 % |
| Whole body SAR / level | < 1.4 W/kg / normal | < 0.9 W/kg / normal | < 0.4 W/kg / normal | < 2.2 W/kg / 1st level | < 2.2 W/kg / 1st level | < 0.3 W/kg / normal | < 0.5 W/kg / normal | < 2.2 W/kg / 1st level | < 2.0 W/kg / normal |
| SED | < 0.1 kJ/kg | < 0.1 kJ/kg | < 0.1 kJ/kg | < 0.2 kJ/kg | < 0.2 kJ/kg | 0.0 kJ/kg | < 0.1 kJ/kg | < 0.2 kJ/kg | < 0.3 kJ/kg |
| Max B1+rms | 3.18 uT | 2.56 uT | 1.60 uT | 3.96 uT | 3.96 uT | 1.39 uT | 1.83 uT | 3.96 uT | 3.78 uT |
| PNS / level | 54 % / normal | 34 % / normal | 47 % / normal | 41 % / normal | 43 % / normal | 60 % / normal | 57 % / normal | 43 % / normal | 43 % / normal |
| dB/dt | 50.8 T/s | 34.0 T/s | 41.3 T/s | 41.8 T/s | 40.2 T/s | 56.4 T/s | 51.1 T/s | 40.5 T/s | 43.5 T/s |
| Sound Pressure Level (dB) | 16.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
Geometry
| Scan Description | IACs LOC |
AXIAL T2 Thin |
AXIAL T2 FLAIR Thin |
CORONAL T1 |
AXIAL T1 |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C |
CORONAL T1 mDIXON +C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartSelect | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Uniformity | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR | CLEAR |
| FOV AP (mm) | 250 | 180 | 180 | 53 | 150 | 224 | 160 | 150 | 53 |
| FOV (mm) | 5, 53, 49, (17) 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FOV FH (mm) | 250 | 86 | 86 | 150 | 53 | 150 | 55 | 53 | 150 |
| FOV RL (mm) | — | 180 | 180 | 150 | 150 | 224 | 160 | 150 | 150 |
| ACQ voxel size AP (mm) | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | — | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | — |
| ACQ voxel size FH (mm) | 1.5 | — | — | 0.6 | — | — | 1 | — | 0.6 |
| ACQ voxel size RL (mm) | — | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Slice thickness (mm) | 5 | 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) | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | — | 0.29 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Recon voxel size FH (mm) | 1 | — | — | 0.3 | — | — | 0.5 | — | 0.3 |
| Recon voxel size RL (mm) | — | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Fold-over suppression | no | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | oversampling | no | no | oversampling | oversampling |
| A (mm) | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| L (mm) | — | 5 | 5 | 20 | 10 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
| P (mm) | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| R (mm) | — | 5 | 5 | 20 | 10 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
| Slice oversampling | — | — | — | — | — | — | default | — | — |
| Reconstruction matrix | 256 | 432 | 480 | 512 | 512 | 224 | 512 | 400 | 512 |
| SENSE | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes |
| P reduction (RL) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| CS-SENSE | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no |
| reduction | — | 2 | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | — | 3.5 | 1.8 | — |
| denoising | — | system default | system default | system default | system default | — | system default | system default | — |
| k-t Acceleration | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Stacks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| type | (20) parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | parallel | 110 | parallel | parallel |
| Slices | 1, 9, 5, (17) 9 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 50 | — | 16 | 16 |
| slice gap | user defined | default | default | default | default | user defined | — | default | default |
| gap (mm) | 6, 1, 6, (17) 1 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| Slice orientation | sagittal, coronal, transverse, (17) coronal | transverse | transverse | coronal | transverse | transverse | transverse | transverse | coronal |
| Fold-over direction | AP, RL, AP, (17) RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | AP | RL | RL | RL |
| Fat shift direction | (2) F, L, (17) F | P | P | F | P | P | P | P | F |
| radial axis | AP, RL, AP, (17) RL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| radial angle (deg) | (20) 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stacks as Packages | yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Multi-chunk | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — |
| Minimum number of Packages | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Slice scan order | default | default | default | default | default | default | — | default | default |
| Stack scan order | ascend | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| O-MAR | no | no | no | no | no | — | no | no | no |
| Move table per stack | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Large table movement | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Stack alignment | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stack sort order | no | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PlanAlign | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| REST slabs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| type | — | — | — | — | — | — | parallel | — | — |
| thickness (mm) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — |
| position | — | — | — | — | — | — | feet | — | — |
| gap | — | — | — | — | — | — | default | — | — |
| Interactive positioning | no | 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 | head first |
| Patient body position | head first | 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 | supine |
| Patient body orientation | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine | supine |
Contrast
| Scan Description | SURVEY | AXIALT2 Thin | AXIALT2 FLAIR Thin | CORONALT1 | AXIALT1 | SourceDTI | Cisternogram | AXIALT1 +C | CORONALT1 mDIXON +CFat Sat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scan type | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Imaging | Scan type |
| Scan mode | MS | MS | MS | MS | MS | MS | 3D | MS | MS | Scan mode |
| Modified SE | no | no | — | no | no | no | no | no | no | Modified SE |
| Acquisition mode | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | cartesian | Acquisition mode |
| Fast Imaging mode | TSE | TSE | TSE | TSE | TSE | EPI | TSE | TSE | TSE | Fast Imaging mode |
| 3D VIEW | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — | 3D VIEW |
| TSE factor | — | 15 | 40 | 5 | 5 | — | 35 | 5 | 5 | TSE factor |
| TE spacing | — | — | — | user defined | user defined | — | — | user defined | user defined | TE spacing |
| Echoes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Echoes |
| partial echo | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | partial echo |
| TE | shortest | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined | user defined | shortest | user defined | user defined | TE |
| Refocusing control | — | — | constant | — | — | — | — | — | — | Refocusing control |
| Flip angle (deg) | 90 | 90 | — | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Flip angle (deg) |
| Refocusing control | — | — | constant | — | — | — | — | — | — | Refocusing control |
| TR | user defined | range | user defined | range | range | shortest | user defined | range | range | TR |
| Halfscan | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | — | no | no | Halfscan |
| Water-fat shift | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | maximum | minimum | maximum | maximum | maximum | Water-fat shift |
| IR delay (ms) | — | — | 2800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | IR delay (ms) |
| Shim | default | default | default | default | default | auto | default | default | default | Shim |
| mDIXON | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | mDIXON |
| Fat suppression | no | no | SPIR | no | no | SPIR | no | no | no | Fat suppression |
| Water suppression | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | Water suppression |
| BB pulse | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — | BB pulse |
| MTC | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | MTC |
| Diffusion mode | no | no | no | no | no | DTI | no | no | no | Diffusion mode |
| Diffusion mode | no | no | no | no | no | DTI | no | no | no | Diffusion mode |
| T1 mapping | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | T1 mapping |
| SAR mode | high | high | moderate | high | high | high | high | high | high | SAR mode |
| B1 mode | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | B1 mode |
| SAR allow first level | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | SAR allow first level |
| Patient pregnancy | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | Patient pregnancy |
| Patient WB SAR [W/kg] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Patient WB SAR [W/kg] |
| Patient Head SAR [W/kg] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Patient Head SAR [W/kg] |
| Patient max. dB/dt [T/s] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Patient max. dB/dt [T/s] |
| Max slewrate [T/m/s] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Max slewrate [T/m/s] |
| Max. B1+rms [uT] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Max. B1+rms [uT] |
| PNS mode | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | PNS mode |
| Gradient mode | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | Gradient mode |
| SofTone mode | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | SofTone mode |
Motion
| Scan Description | IACs LOC |
AXIAL T2 Thin |
AXIAL T2 FLAIR Thin |
CORONAL T1 |
AXIAL T1 |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C |
CORONAL T1 mDIXON +C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac synchronization | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Respiratory compensation | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Navigator respiratory comp | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Flow compensation | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Temporal slice spacing | default | default | — | default | default | default | — | default | default |
| Motion smoothing | no | no | no | no | no | — | no | no | no |
| NSA | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| SMART | — | no | no | no | no | — | — | no | no |
| MRE enable | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| CENTRA | — | — | — | — | — | — | no | — | — |
Dynamic Angio
| Scan Description | IACs LOC |
AXIAL T2 Thin |
AXIAL FLAIR Thin |
CORONAL T1 |
AXIAL T1 |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C |
CORONAL T1 mDIXON +C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manual start | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Dynamic study | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Arterial Spin labeling | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Post Processing
| Scan Description | IACs LOC |
AXIAL T2 Thin |
AXIAL FLAIR Thin |
CORONAL T1 |
AXIAL T1 |
Source DTI |
Cisternogram | AXIAL T1 +C |
CORONAL T1 mDIXON +C Fat Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preparation phases | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto | auto |
| Interactive F0 | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Quick Survey | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| MIP/MPR | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| mDIXON images | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | IP, water, (4) 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 | — |
| Reference tissue | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter | White matter |
| Recon compression | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Preset window contrast | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft | soft |
| Reconstruction mode | immediate | immediate | real time | real time | real time | immediate | immediate | real time | real time |
| Save raw data | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Hardcopy protocol | no | 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 | system default |
| Uniformity correction | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Geometry correction | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default | default |
| Elliptical k-space shutter | — | — | — | — | — | — | default | — | — |
| Free rotatable | no | no | no | no | no | 0 | no | no | no |
| IF_info_seperator | 1634755923 | 1634755923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1634755923 | 0 | 0 |
