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Lumbar Spine With/without IV Contrast 3T

Philips Healthcare – MR Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY®) Protocols

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Instructions And Patient Preparation

Instructions
Patient change into hospital issued gown and pants
Position
Supine, head first
Coil
Posterior Body Coil and Anterior dStream Torso Coil
Landmark
1-2″ above iliac crest

Contrast Agent Parameters

Contrast Agent Dose Injection Rate
Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY) 0.05 mmol/kg Hand Bolus
Saline Flush 10-20 mL Hand Flush
Comments Report agent administered and dose

Info Page

Scan Description SURVEY 2 Step LOCALIZER CORONAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 AXIAL
T2 Disc		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
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Total scan duration 00:27.7 00:48.1 01:42.5 02:30.2 02:38.9 02:31.0 03:02.2 02:58.0 01:30.0 02:53.3 03:05.3
Rel. SNR 2.6 6.1 2.2 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.4 1.0 2.9 2.0
Act. TR (ms) — — 586 615 3783 3973 5062 489 3000 688 618
Act. TR/TE (ms) 10 / 6.9 204 / 2.3 — — — — — — — — —
Act. TE (ms) — — 10 10 90 100 100 10 90 10 10
ACQ matrix M x P 200 x 149 224 x 144 272 x 187 240 x 285 240 x 297 240 x 297 332 x 243 252 x 209 236 x 205 192 x 239 200 x 172
ACQ voxel MPS (mm) 2.00 / 2.68 / 10.00 2.01 / 2.00 / 5.00 0.99 / 1.45 / 4.00 0.79 / 0.95 / 4.00 0.79 / 0.90 / 4.00 0.79 / 0.90 / 4.00 0.60 / 0.82 / 4.00 0.79 / 0.96 / 4.00 0.85 / 0.97 / 4.00 0.99 / 1.13 / 4.00 0.90 / 1.05 / 4.00
REC voxel MPS (mm) 1.39 / 1.39 / 10.00 0.88 / 0.88 / 5.00 0.34 / 0.34 / 4.00 0.53 / 0.53 / 4.00 0.40 / 0.40 / 4.00 0.40 / 0.40 / 4.00 0.39 / 0.39 / 4.00 0.60 / 0.60 / 4.00 0.50 / 0.50 / 4.00 0.53 / 0.53 / 4.00 0.51 / 0.51 / 4.00
Scan percentage (%) 75 101 69 83 88 88 73 83 87 87 86
Packages 3 2 7 4 2 2 4 14 2 4 12
Min. slice gap (mm) 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Act. slice gap (mm) — — 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 — — — 0.4 —
Optimal slices — — 6 8 — — 20 6 — 8 8
Max. slices — — — 16 — — — — — 16 48
TFE factor 300 — — — — — — — — — —
TFE dur. shot / acq (ms) 3081.3 / 3040.7 — — — — — — — — — —
Act. WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) 0.532 / 817.0 1.129 / 384.9 — — — — — — — — —
Min. WFS (pix) / Max. BW (Hz) 0.511 / 850.3 0.245 / 1771.5 — — — — — — — — —
Min. TR/TE (ms) 10 / 4.7 — — — — — — — — — —
WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) — — 1.295 / 335.4 1.293 / 336.0 1.293 / 336.0 1.293 / 336.0 1.200 / 362.0 2.461 / 176.5 1.956 / 222.1 1.295 / 335.6 2.085 / 208.3
Full flow comp. — — no no no no yes yes yes no —
TSE es / shot (ms) — — 8.0 / 56 10.0 / 50 8.0 / 192 8.0 / 200 8.3 / 200 10.0 / 70 8.0 / 144 10.0 / 50 8.0 / 56
TEeff / TEequiv (ms) — — 10 / 10 8 / 8 90 / 76 100 / 84 100 / 73 8 / 8 90 / 79 8 / 8 10 / 10
Min. TR (ms) — — 586 615 3783 3973 5062 489 2133 688 618
SPAIR offset act./default (Hz) — — — — — 220 [220] — — — — —
Local torso SAR < 10 % < 50 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 100 % < 71 % < 100 % < 100 %
Whole body SAR / level < 0.2 W/kg / normal < 1.2 W/kg / normal < 2.0 W/kg / normal < 2.0 W/kg / normal < 2.1 W/kg / 1st level < 2.3 W/kg / 1st level < 2.0 W/kg / normal < 2.0 W/kg / normal < 1.4 W/kg / normal < 2.0 W/kg / normal < 2.0 W/kg / normal
SED 0.0 kJ/kg < 0.1 kJ/kg < 0.2 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.4 kJ/kg < 0.4 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.1 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.4 kJ/kg
Coil Power — 24% 40% 40% 43% 48% 40% 40% 28% 40% 40%
Max B1+rms 0.52 uT 1.14 uT 1.48 uT 1.48 uT 1.56 uT 1.63 uT 1.47 uT 1.48 uT 1.28 uT 1.47 uT 1.48 uT
PNS / level 9 % / normal 60 % / normal 37 % / normal 41 % / normal 45 % / normal 47 % / normal 59 % / normal 59 % / normal 39 % / normal 47 % / normal 43 % / normal
dB/dt 15.4 T/s 49.5 T/s 40.9 T/s 41.7 T/s 41.2 T/s 40.0 T/s 34.5 T/s 45.2 T/s 34.1 T/s 41.2 T/s 40.1 T/s
Sound Pressure Level (dB) 1.3 17.5 14.8 16.8 19.9 17.6 22.9 17.4 12.9 17.1 13.3

Geometry

Scan Description SURVEY 2 Step LOCALIZER CORONAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 AXIAL
T2 Disc		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                       
SmartSelect yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Coil 1 (exclude) — — None None None None None None None None None
Uniformity — Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned Body-tuned
FOV AP (mm) — 288 92 190 190 190 200 200 200 190 180
FOV (mm) — (2) 59, (18) 250 — — — — — — — — —
FOV FH (mm) 400 450 270 270 268 268 199 209 39 270 229
FOV RL (mm) 400 — 270 61 61 61 200 200 200 61 180
FOV (mm) (2) 32, (18) 40 — — — — — — — — — —
ACQ voxel size AP (mm) — 2 — 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 1 0.9
ACQ voxel size FH (mm) 2 2 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.9 — — — 1.1 —
ACQ voxel size RL (mm) 2.7 — 1 — — — 0.7 0.9 0.9 — 1
Slice thickness (mm) 10 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Bar orientation RL RL — — — — — — — — —
VOI orientation transverse transverse — — — — — — — — —
VOI size AP (mm) 30 30 — — — — — — — — —
VOI size RL (mm) 30 30 — — — — — — — — —
VOI size FH (mm) 30 30 — — — — — — — — —
Recon voxel size AP (mm) — 0.9 — 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Recon voxel size FH (mm) 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 — — — 0.5 —
Recon voxel size RL (mm) 1.4 — 0.3 — — — 0.4 0.6 0.5 — 0.5
Image shutter — no — — — — — — — — —
Fold-over suppression oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling
       A (mm) — 25.9 — — — — — — — — —
       F (mm) — — 153.3 269.6 269.6 269.6 — — — 269.8 —
       H (mm) — — 179.5 269.6 269.6 269.6 — — — 269.4 —
       L (mm) 200 — — — — — 100 100 100 — 90
       P (mm) — 25.9 — — — — — — — — —
       R (mm) 200 — — — — — 100 100 100 — 90
Reconstruction matrix 288 512 784 512 672 672 512 336 400 512 352
SENSE no no no no no no no no no no no
CS-SENSE no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
       reduction — 1.5 2.8 3 2 2 2.8 2.8 1.8 2.4 2.3
       denoising — system default system default system default system default system default system default system default system default system default system default
k-t Acceleration no no no no no no no no no no no
Stacks 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
       type (20) parallel (20) parallel parallel parallel parallel parallel parallel parallel parallel parallel parallel
Slices (20) 3 (2) 10, 3, (17) 1 21 14 14 14 40 42 8 14 46
       slice gap user defined user defined default default default default user defined user defined user defined default user defined
       gap (mm) (2) 1, (18) 5 (3) 1, (17) 10 — — — — 1 1 1 — 1
Slice orientation coronal, sagittal, (18) transverse (3) sagittal, (17) transverse coronal sagittal sagittal sagittal transverse transverse transverse sagittal transverse
Fold-over direction RL, FH, (18) AP (2) AP, FH, (17) AP FH FH FH FH RL RL RL FH RL
Fat shift direction F, P, (18) L (2) F, P, (17) L L P P P P P P P P
       radial axis RL, (2) AP, (17) RL (2) AP, (18) RL — — — — — — — — —
       radial angle (deg) (20) 0 (20) 0 — — — — — — — — —
Minimum number of packages 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Slice scan order default interleaved default default default default default default default default default
Stack scan order ascend HF — — — — — — — — —
Move table per stack no yes — — — — — — — — —
O-MAR — — no no no no no no no no no
Large table movement no no no no no no no no no no no
Stack alignment no FH — — — — — — — — —
Stack sort order no — — — — — — — — — —
PlanAlign yes no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
REST slabs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
       orientation — — — — — sagittal — — — — —
Patient position feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first
Patient body position feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first feet first
Patient orientation supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine
Patient body orientation supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine supine

Contrast

Scan Description SURVEY 2 Step LOCALIZER CORONALT1 SAGITTALT1 SAGITTALT2 SAGITTALT2 Fat Sat AXIALT2 AXIALT1 AXIAL T2 Disc SAGITTALT1 +C Fat Sat AXIALT1 +C
Scan type Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging
Scan mode MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS
technique FFE FFE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Contrast enhancement T1 no — — — — — — — — —
Modified SE — — no no no no no no no no no
Acquisition mode cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian
Fast Imaging mode TFE none TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE
shot mode single-shot — multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot
TSE factor — — 7 5 23 25 23 7 17 5 7
TE spacing — — user defined user defined user defined user defined — user defined user defined user defined user defined
(ms) — — 8 10 8 8 — 10 8 10 8
TFE startup echoes default — — — — — — — — — —
startup echoes — — — — — — — — — — —
profile order linear — asymmetric asymmetric asymmetric asymmetric linear asymmetric asymmetric asymmetric asymmetric
DRIVE — — no no yes no yes no yes no no
ultrashort — — yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes
fid reduction — — strong strong strong strong default default default strong default
Echoes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
partial echo no no no no no no no no no no no
shifted echo no no — — — — — — — — —
TE in-phase shortest user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined
(ms) 6.9 — 10 10 90 100 100 10 90 10 10
Flip angle (deg) 20 45 80 80 90 90 90 90 90 80 90
Refocusing control — — constant constant constant constant T2-optimized constant constant constant constant
angle (deg) — — 110 110 110 110 — 90 120 110 90
min. angle (deg) — — — — — — 80 — — — —
mid. angle (deg) — — — — — — 100 — — — —
max. angle (deg) — — — — — — 120 — — — —
TR shortest shortest range range range range range range range range range
minimum (ms) — — 450 450 2000 2500 2000 400 3000 400 400
maximum (ms) — — 700 700 5000 5000 6000 650 5000 700 650
Halfscan no no no no no no no no no no no
Water-fat shift minimum maximum user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined maximum maximum user defined maximum
(pixels) — — 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 — — 1.3 —
RF Shims — fixed adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive adaptive
Shim — auto default default default volume default default default default default
ShimAlign — — — — — no — — — — —
mDIXON no no no no no no no no no no no
Fat suppression no no no no no SPAIR no no no SPIR no
strength — — — — — — — — — strong —
power — — — — — 1 — — — — —
inversion delay — — — — — auto — — — — —
suppr. level — — — — — strong — — — — —
frequency offset — — — — — user defined — — — default —
offset (Hz) — — — — — 220 — — — — —
Water suppression no no no no no no no no no no no
BB pulse — — no no no no no no no no no
TFE prepulse no — — — — — — — — — —
MTC no no no no no no no no no no no
Diffusion mode no no no no no no no no no no no
T1 mapping no no no no no no no no no no no
SAR mode low low high high high high high high high high high
B1 mode default default default default default default default default default default default
SAR allow first level yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Patient pregnancy no no no 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 low low low low low low low
Gradient mode regular maximum default default default default default default default default default
SofTone mode yes no no no no no no no no no no

Motion

Scan Description SURVEY 2 Step LOCALIZER CORONAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 AXIAL
T2 Disc		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                       
Cardiac synchronization no no no no no no no no no no no
Respiratory compensation no no no no no no no no no no no
Navigator respiratory comp no no no no no no no no no no no
Flow compensation no no sensitized sensitized sensitized sensitized yes yes yes sensitized no
       direction — — — — — — in-plane in-plane through-plane — —
Temporal slice spacing default default default default default default default default default default default
fMRI echo stabilisation no no — — — — — — — — —
Motion smoothing — — yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
NSA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MRE enable no no no no no no no no no no no

Dynamic Angio

Scan Description SURVEY 2 Step LOCALIZER CORONAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 AXIAL
T2 Disc		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                       
Angio / Contrast enh. no no — — — — — — — — —
Quantitative flow no no — — — — — — — — —
Manual start no no no no no no no no no no no
Dynamic study no no no no no no no no no no no
Arterial Spin labeling no no no no no no no no no no no

Post Processing

Scan Description SURVEY 2 Step LOCALIZER CORONAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 AXIAL
T2 Disc		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
                       
Preparation phases — auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto auto
Interactive F0 no no no no no no no no no no no
Quick Survey default default default default default default default default default default default
B0 field map no no no no no no no no no no no
MIP/MPR no no no no no no no no no no no
SWIp no 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 M, (3) no M, (3) no M, (3) no
Autoview image M M M 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 (4) no (4) no (4) no
Reference tissue Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle 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 No No No
Preset window contrast hard hard intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate hard intermediate intermediate hard
Reconstruction mode real time real time real time real time real time real time real time real time real time real time real time
Save raw data no no no no no no no no no no no
Hardcopy protocol no no 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 system default system default
Uniformity correction no no no no no no no no no no no
Geometry correction default default default default default default default default default default default
Free rotatable no no no no no no no no no no no
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