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Thoracic Spine With/without IV Contrast 1.5T

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
Upper Chest

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
• Alternatively, can use the sequences to cover total spine and combine with selected sequences from the Cervical Spine and Lumbar Spine protocols

Info Page

Scan Description SURVEY
Tspine		 LOCALIZER
Count		 SAGITTAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T2		 SAGITTAL
T2 Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T2		 AXIAL
T1		 SAGITTAL
T1 +C Fat Sat		 AXIAL
T1 +C
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Total scan duration 00:24.0 00:24.1 02:44.7 01:51.3 02:01.4 03:06.7 02:03.6 02:42.8 02:21.6
Rel. SNR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Act. TR (ms) — 2188 408 2854 3113 5187 718 424 659
Act. TE (ms) — 120 7 90 90 80 8 7 8
Act. TR/TE (ms) 21 / 3.5 — — — — — — — —
ACQ matrix M x P 256 x 191 112 x 162 180 x 289 180 x 328 180 x 328 288 x 208 252 x 199 180 x 290 252 x 199
ACQ voxel MPS (mm) 1.76 / 2.35 / 10.0 1.79 / 2.83 / 4.00 0.89 / 1.11 / 3.00 0.89 / 0.91 / 3.00 0.89 / 0.91 / 3.00 0.69 / 0.77 / 5.00 0.79 / 0.81 / 5.00 0.89 / 1.10 / 3.00 0.79 / 0.81 / 5.00
REC voxel MPS (mm) 1.41 / 1.41 / 10.0 1.43 / 1.43 / 4.00 0.57 / 0.57 / 3.00 0.47 / 0.47 / 3.00 0.47 / 0.47 / 3.00 0.45 / 0.45 / 5.00 0.50 / 0.50 / 5.00 0.57 / 0.57 / 3.00 0.50 / 0.50 / 5.00
Scan percentage (%) 75 63 80 98 98 90 98 80 98
Packages 3 1 2 1 1 2 4 2 5
Min. slice gap (mm) 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 3 5
Optimal slices — — — — — — 24 — 22
Max. slices — — — — — — — — 55
Act. WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) 0.645 / 336.7 — — — — — — — —
Min. WFS (pix) / Max. BW (Hz) 0.294 / 739.8 — — — — — — — —
WFS (pix) / BW (Hz) — 1.135 / 191.4 0.672 / 323.0 0.535 / 406.1 0.535 / 406.1 0.686 / 316.8 0.670 / 324.2 0.672 / 323.0 0.670 / 324.2
Full flow comp. — — no no no no no no no
TSE es / shot (ms) — 10.9 / 229 7.0 / 35 9.0 / 198 9.0 / 198 8.0 / 208 8.0 / 40 7.0 / 35 8.0 / 40
TEeff / TEequiv (ms) — — — 90 / 76 90 / 76 — — — —
Min. TR (ms) — — 408 2854 3113 5187 718 424 659
Local torso SAR < 14 % < 86 % < 75 % < 64 % < 59 % < 97 % < 50 % < 74 % < 50 %
Whole body SAR / level < 0.4 W/kg /
normal		 < 2.2 W/kg /
1st level		 < 1.9 W/kg /
normal		 < 1.6 W/kg /
normal		 < 1.5 W/kg /
normal		 < 2.5 W/kg /
1st level		 < 1.3 W/kg /
normal		 < 1.9 W/kg /
normal		 < 1.3 W/kg /
normal
SED 0.0 kJ/kg < 0.1 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.2 kJ/kg < 0.2 kJ/kg < 0.5 kJ/kg < 0.2 kJ/kg < 0.3 kJ/kg < 0.2 kJ/kg
Max B1+rms 1.61 uT 3.94 uT 3.67 uT 3.39 uT 3.26 uT 4.16 uT 2.99 uT 3.65 uT 3.00 uT
PNS / level 18 % / normal 49 % / normal 42 % / normal 50 % / normal 50 % / normal 40 % / normal 40 % / normal 47 % / normal 40 % / normal
dB/dt 12.8 T/s 39.7 T/s 40.6 T/s 46.0 T/s 46.0 T/s 34.7 T/s 36.0 T/s 40.6 T/s 35.4 T/s
Sound Pressure Level (dB) 4.4 7.9 13.5 13.9 13.7 8.4 7.4 13.9 7.4

Geometry

Scan Description SURVEY
Tspine		 LOCALIZER
Count		 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 yes
Coil 1 (exclude) — None None None None None None None None
Uniformity — CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR
FOV AP (mm) — 200 160 160 160 200 200 160 200
FOV FH (mm) 450 457 320 298 298 287 287 320 323
FOV RL (mm) 450 39 49 49 49 161 162 49 162
      FOV (mm) (2) 32, (18) 40 — — — — — — — —
ACQ voxel size AP (mm) — 1.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8
ACQ voxel size FH (mm) 1.8 2.6 1.1 0.9 0.9 — — 1.1 —
ACQ voxel size RL (mm) 2.3 — — — — 0.8 0.8 — 0.8
Slice thickness (mm) 10 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 5
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) — 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5
Recon voxel size FH (mm) 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 — — 0.6 —
Recon voxel size RL (mm) 1.4 — — — — 0.4 0.5 — 0.5
Image shutter yes no — — — — — — —
Fold-over suppression oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling oversampling no no oversampling no
      F (mm) — 120 320 250 250 — — 320 —
      H (mm) — 120 320 250 250 — — 320 —
      L (mm) 225 — — — — — — — —
      R (mm) 225 — — — — — — — —
Reconstruction matrix 320 320 560 640 640 448 400 560 400
SENSE no no no no no yes yes no yes
P reduction (RL) — — — — — 1 1 — 1
CS-SENSE no yes yes yes yes no no yes no
      reduction — 1.2 1.8 1.1 1.1 — — 1.9 —
      denoising — 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 parallel parallel parallel
      slices (20) 3 9 14 14 14 48 48 14 54
      slice gap user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined user defined
      gap (mm) (2) 1, (18) 5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5 1
      slice orientation coronal, sagittal, (18) transverse sagittal sagittal sagittal sagittal transverse transverse sagittal transverse
      fold-over direction RL, FH, (18) AP FH FH FH FH RL RL FH RL
      fat shift direction F, P, (18) L P P P P P P P 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 1
Slice scan order default default default default default default FH default FH
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 yes yes no no no no no no no
REST slabs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      type — free — — — — — — —
      orientation — coronal — — — — — sagittal —
      thickness (mm) — 80 — — — — — — —
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 SURVEYTspine LOCALIZERCount SAGITTALT1 SAGITTALT2 SAGITTALT2 Fat Sat AXIALT2 AXIALT1 SAGITTALT1 +C Fat Sat AXIALT1 +C
Scan type Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging Imaging
Scan mode MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS MS
technique FFE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Contrast enhancement no — — — — — — — —
Modified SE — no no no no no no no no
Acquisition mode cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian cartesian
Fast Imaging mode none TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE TSE
shot mode — multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot multishot
TSE factor — 21 5 21 21 26 5 5 5
TE spacing — — — user defined user defined user defined — — —
(ms) — — — 9 9 8 — — —
startup Echoes — — — — — — — — —
profile order — linear low_high asymmetric asymmetric asymmetric low_high low_high low_high
DRIVE — no no yes yes no no no no
ultrashort — yes no yes yes no no no no
fid reduction — default strong strong strong default default strong default
Echoes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
partial echo no 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 user defined
(ms) — 120 7 90 90 80 8 7 8
Flip angle (deg) 45 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
Refocusing control — no no constant constant no no no no
angle (deg) — — — 110 110 — — — —
TR shortest shortest range range range range range range range
minimum (ms) — — 400 2500 2500 3000 400 400 400
maximum (ms) — — 600 4000 4000 6500 750 600 750
Halfscan no no no no no no no no no
Water-fat shift maximum maximum maximum maximum maximum maximum maximum maximum maximum
Shim no default default default default default default volume default
ShimAlign — — — — — — — yes —
mDIXON — no no no no no no no no
Fat suppression no no no no SPIR no no SPIR no
strength — — — — strong — — strong —
frequency offset — — — — default — — default —
Water suppression no no no no no no no no no
MTC no no no no no no no no no
Diffusion mode no no no no no no no no no
T1 mapping no no no no no no no no no
SAR mode high high moderate high high high low moderate low
B1 mode default default default default default default default default default
SAR allow first level yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Patient pregnancy 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 moderate low low low low low low low
Gradient mode regular default default default default default default default default
SofTone mode no no no no no no no no no

Motion

Scan Description SURVEY
Tspine		 LOCALIZER
Count		 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 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 sensitized sensitized sensitized sensitized sensitized sensitized sensitized
Temporal slice spacing default default default default default default default default default
fMRI echo stabilisation no — — — — — — — —
Motion smoothing — no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
NSA 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
SMART — — yes — — yes — yes —
MRE enable no no no no no no no no no

Dynamic Angio

Scan Description SURVEY
Tspine		 LOCALIZER
Count		 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 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 SURVEY
Tspine		 LOCALIZER
Count		 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 auto
Interactive F0 no no no no no no no select no
Quick Survey default default default default default default default default default
MIP/MPR no 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 M, (3) no
Autoview image M M M no no M M M M
Calculated images (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
Recon compression No No No No No No No No No
Preset window contrast hard hard intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate intermediate
Reconstruction mode real time immediate 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
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
Free rotatable no no no no no no no no no
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