{"id":4634,"date":"2025-10-31T16:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/tumor-brain-3t\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:14:49","slug":"tumor-brain-3t","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/tumor-brain-3t\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumor Brain 3T"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nPrint<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Instructions And Patient Preparation<\/h3>\n
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Instructions<\/dt>\n
Contrast used to evaluate blood-brain barrier and for suspected tumor or infection<\/dd>\n
Position<\/dt>\n
Supine, head first<\/dd>\n
Coil<\/dt>\n
20 channel Head\/Neck coil<\/dd>\n
Landmark<\/dt>\n
Glabella<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/section>\n
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Contrast Agent Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Contrast Agent<\/th>\nDose<\/th>\nInjection Rate<\/th>\nDose Timing Method and Scan Delay<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY)<\/td>\n0.05 mmol\/kg<\/td>\nHand Bolus or Power Injection<\/td>\nHand Bolus or for dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) Perfusion use Power Injector to inject at 3-4 mL\/sec after 5-6 measures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saline Flush<\/td>\n10-20 mL<\/td>\nHand Bolus or Power Injection<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comments<\/td>\n• May use Interpolation and Restore options
• If RESOLVE is unavailable, b-values 0 & 1000
• Pre- and postsequence should be identical and isotropic
• Report agent administered and dose
• Use minimal dose for patients with a GFR <60 mL\/sec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Imaging Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\nAXIAL
DWI<\/th>\n		SAGITTAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
GRE<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
PERFUSION
DSC<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T2<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D FLAIR SPACE<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D T1 SPACE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sequence Name<\/td>\nepse<\/td>\ntir<\/td>\nfl_r<\/td>\ntir<\/td>\nepfid<\/td>\ntseB<\/td>\nspcir<\/td>\nspcR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mode<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PAT Mode<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\nGRAPPA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimension<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n3D<\/td>\n3D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acceleration Factor PE<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acceleration Factor 3D<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AutoAlign<\/td>\nHead > Brain<\/td>\nHead > Basis<\/td>\nHead > Brain<\/td>\nHead > Brain<\/td>\nHead > Brain<\/td>\nHead > Brain<\/td>\nHead > Brain<\/td>\nHead > Brain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Scan Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\nAXIAL
DWI<\/th>\n		SAGITTAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
GRE<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
PERFUSION
DSC<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T2<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D FLAIR SPACE<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D T1 SPACE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
TR<\/td>\n6700.0 ms<\/td>\n1800.0 ms<\/td>\n743.0 ms<\/td>\n1800.0 ms<\/td>\n1650 ms<\/td>\n3000.0 ms<\/td>\n5000 ms<\/td>\n700 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE<\/td>\n73.00 ms<\/td>\n9 ms<\/td>\n19.90 ms<\/td>\n9 ms<\/td>\n30.0 ms<\/td>\n101 ms<\/td>\n398 ms<\/td>\n11.0 ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TI<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n818 ms<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n818 ms<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flip Angle<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n150 deg<\/td>\n20 deg<\/td>\n150 deg<\/td>\n90 deg<\/td>\n90 deg<\/td>\nMode: T2 var<\/td>\nMode: T1 var<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turbo Factor<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n284<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n1502 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n260 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n220 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n260 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n1446 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n363 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n781 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n630 Hz\/Px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EPI Factor<\/td>\n128<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fat Saturation Mode<\/td>\nStrong<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nStrong<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fat Suppression<\/td>\nFat Saturation<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nFat sat.<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nFat sat.<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water Suppression<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gradient Mode<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RF Pulse Type<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\nFast<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asymmetric Echo<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Acquisition Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\nAXIAL
DWI<\/th>\n		SAGITTAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
GRE<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
PERFUSION
DSC<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T2<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D FLAIR SPACE<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D T1 SPACE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Base Resolution<\/td>\n128<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n128<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phase Resolution<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n70%<\/td>\n75%<\/td>\n70%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slice Resolution<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n80%<\/td>\n91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Averages<\/td>\n1, 2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Averaging Mode<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nLong term<\/td>\nLong term<\/td>\nLong term<\/td>\nLong term<\/td>\nShort term<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concatenations<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b-value<\/td>\n0 s\/mm2<\/sup>
1000 s\/mm2<\/sup><\/td>\n		―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FoV Read<\/td>\n220 mm<\/td>\n220 mm<\/td>\n220 mm<\/td>\n220 mm<\/td>\n220 mm<\/td>\n220 mm<\/td>\n250 mm<\/td>\n230 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FoV Phase<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n88%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phase Encoding Dir.<\/td>\nA >> P<\/td>\nA >> P<\/td>\nA >> P<\/td>\nR >> L<\/td>\nA >> P<\/td>\nR >> L<\/td>\nA >> P<\/td>\nA >> P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phase Oversampling<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slice Oversampling<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phase Partial Fourier<\/td>\n6\/8<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nAllowed<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slice Partial Fourier<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n6\/8<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flow Compensation<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nSlice\/Read<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Scanning Range<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\nAXIAL
DWI<\/th>\n		SAGITTAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
GRE<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T1<\/th>\n		AXIAL
PERFUSION
DSC<\/th>\n		AXIAL
T2<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D FLAIR SPACE<\/th>\n		Post
SAGITTAL
3D T1 SPACE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Elliptical Filter<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filter<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nDistortion Corr.(2D), Prescan Normalize,
Elliptical filter<\/td>\n		Distortion Corr.(2D), Prescan Normalize,
Elliptical filter<\/td>\n		Distortion Corr.(2D), Prescan Normalize,
Elliptical filter<\/td>\n		Raw filter,
Distortion Corr.(2D), Prescan Normalize<\/td>\n		Distortion Corr.(2D),
Prescan Normalize<\/td>\n		Raw filter,
Distortion Corr.(2D), Prescan Normalize<\/td>\n		Raw filter,
Distortion Corr.(2D), Prescan Normalize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Normalize<\/td>\nPrescan<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prescan Normalize<\/td>\n―<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distortion Correction<\/td>\nOff<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slice Thickness<\/td>\n5.0 mm<\/td>\n5.0 mm<\/td>\n5.0 mm<\/td>\n5.0 mm<\/td>\n5.0 mm<\/td>\n5.0 mm<\/td>\n1.0 mm<\/td>\n1.0 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distance Factor<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n30%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n30%<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n―<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slices<\/td>\n30 Slices<\/td>\n25 Slices<\/td>\n30 Slices<\/td>\n24 Slices<\/td>\n25 Slices<\/td>\n30 Slices<\/td>\n176 Slices
per Slab<\/td>\n		176 Slices
per Slab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acquisition Time<\/td>\n1:09 min<\/td>\n1:57 min<\/td>\n1:40 min<\/td>\n1:24 min<\/td>\n1:49 min<\/td>\n1:38 min<\/td>\n3:42 min<\/td>\n4:04 min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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