{"id":4544,"date":"2025-10-31T16:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/noncontrast-enhanced-mra-abdomen-3-0t\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:18:50","slug":"noncontrast-enhanced-mra-abdomen-3-0t","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/noncontrast-enhanced-mra-abdomen-3-0t\/","title":{"rendered":"Noncontrast-enhanced MRA Abdomen 3.0T"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"justify-content: space-between;align-items: flex-start;margin-bottom: 2rem;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 1rem\">\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"protocol-actions\" style=\"gap: 0.75rem;align-items: center;flex-shrink: 0\">\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/protocols\/GE_MRA3T_MRAnonCEAbdomen.pdf?v=20261005\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: white;background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0066cc, #00a8cc);padding: 8px 20px;border-radius: 6px;font-weight: 600;text-decoration: none\">Print<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<h3>Instructions And Patient Preparation<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt>Instructions<\/dt>\n<dd>Respiratory bellows and peripheral gating<\/dd>\n<dt>Common Indications<\/dt>\n<dd>Abdominal aorta aneurysm, stenosis, vasculitis if contraindications for contrast<\/dd>\n<dt>Coil<\/dt>\n<dd>32 channel Torso, GEMS Body Array, or Air Coil<\/dd>\n<dt>Landmark<\/dt>\n<dd>Xyphoid<\/dd>\n<dt>Comments<\/dt>\n<dd>Quiet breathing<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>Imaging Parameters<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Scan Description<\/th>\n<th>3PL<br \/>LOCALIZER<br \/>SSFSE<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>SSFP<\/th>\n<th>CORONAL<br \/>SSFSE ARC<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>RT T2<br \/>Fat Sat<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>INFLOW IR (IFIR)<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>3D FLOW<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Mode<\/td>\n<td>2D<\/td>\n<td>2D<\/td>\n<td>2D<\/td>\n<td>2D<\/td>\n<td>3D<\/td>\n<td>3D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pulse Sequence<\/td>\n<td>SSFSE<\/td>\n<td>Non-Gated FIESTA<\/td>\n<td>SSFSE<\/td>\n<td>FRFSE-XL<\/td>\n<td>Inhance-IFIR<\/td>\n<td>INH-VEL (e3DPCA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Imaging Options<\/td>\n<td>EDR, SEQ, <br \/>ARC, FAST, SS<\/td>\n<td>SEQ, FAST, <br \/>ASSET<\/td>\n<td>EDR, SS, <br \/>FAST, ZIP512<\/td>\n<td>TRf, FAST,<br \/>RespTrig<\/td>\n<td>FAST, IrP, RT, ZIP512, ZIP2, ASSET<\/td>\n<td>FC, RT, ZIP512, ZIP2, ASSET<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>Scan Parameters<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Scan Description<\/th>\n<th>3PL<br \/>LOCALIZER<br \/>SSFSE<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>SSFP<\/th>\n<th>CORONAL<br \/>SSFSE ARC<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>RT T2<br \/>Fat Sat<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>INFLOW IR (IFIR)<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>3D FLOW<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>TE<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<td>Min<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<td>Def<\/td>\n<td>Min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TR<\/td>\n<td>Min<\/td>\n<td>Def<\/td>\n<td>Min<\/td>\n<td>Def<\/td>\n<td>Prep Auto<\/td>\n<td>Min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TI<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>BSP T1 1300<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Flip Angle<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ETL<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bandwidth<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<td>125<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>125<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SAT<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>Sat Scr <br \/>Fat Sat<\/td>\n<td>Sat Scr<br \/> Special Fat<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>Acquisition Parameters<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Scan Description<\/th>\n<th>3PL<br \/>LOCALIZER<br \/>SSFSE<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>SSFP<\/th>\n<th>CORONAL<br \/>SSFSE ARC<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>RT T2<br \/>Fat Sat<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>INFLOW IR (IFIR)<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>3D FLOW<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MATRIX freq<\/td>\n<td>288<\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<td>352<\/td>\n<td>320<\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MATRIX phase<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>192<\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<td>224<\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<td>192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NEX<\/td>\n<td>Def<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Def<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Phase FOV<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Freq Direction<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>R\/L<\/td>\n<td>S\/I<\/td>\n<td>R\/L<\/td>\n<td>R\/L<\/td>\n<td>R\/L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Accel<\/td>\n<td>Ph 2<\/td>\n<td>Ph 2<\/td>\n<td>Ph 2, Sl 2<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>Ph 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>User CV<\/td>\n<td>0, 240, 0, 2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>Max # echoes 240<br \/>Max Ace 2<\/td>\n<td>Blur Can 1<br \/>Fat Eff 1<br \/>EnFnL Sup 0<\/td>\n<td>&#8212;<\/td>\n<td>Slice res 100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>Scanning Range<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Scan Description<\/th>\n<th>3PL<br \/>LOCALIZER<br \/>SSFSE<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>SSFP<\/th>\n<th>CORONAL<br \/>SSFSE ARC<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>RT T2<br \/>Fat Sat<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>INFLOW IR (IFIR)<\/th>\n<th>AXIAL<br \/>Inhance<br \/>3D FLOW<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>FOV<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Slice Thickness<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spacing<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of Slices<\/td>\n<td>21 Slices<\/td>\n<td>40 Slices<\/td>\n<td>@ 30 Slices<\/td>\n<td>40-50 Slices<\/td>\n<td>60 Locs<\/td>\n<td>56 Locs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Approx Scan Time<\/td>\n<td>0:46<\/td>\n<td>&plusmn; 16 sec per BH<\/td>\n<td>&plusmn; 16 sec per BH<\/td>\n<td>&plusmn; 5:00<\/td>\n<td>&plusmn; 5:10<\/td>\n<td>&plusmn; 6:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Print Instructions And Patient Preparation Instructions Respiratory bellows and peripheral gating Common Indications Abdominal aorta aneurysm, stenosis, vasculitis if contraindications for contrast Coil 32 channel Torso, GEMS Body Array, or Air Coil Landmark Xyphoid Comments Quiet breathing Imaging Parameters Scan Description 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