Breast Cancer Protocols: Technical Parameters

MRI PROTOCOL Breast (Cancer)

To see specifics, click here (Technical Notes 2)

Mayo Clinic 04/21/02 Dr. Liu
GE Signa Horizon, LX 9.0 software 
These parameters may not apply to other equipment/software.

SERIES

#1&2

ALWAYS BILATERAL

#3

#4

#5

#6

ALWAYS BILATERAL

#7

ALWAYS BILATERAL

POSITION-prone

ENTRY-Head

COIL - Breast

SCOUTS

AX AND SAG

 

 

SAG FSE T2

 

AFFECTED BREAST

ONLY

AX T1(fse)

 

AFFECTED BREAST

ONLY

SAG FSE T2

FAT SAT

AFFECTED BREAST

ONLY

PRE & POST GAD

SAG T1

FSPGR

FAT SAT
3 PHASE
DYNAMICS

POSTGAD

AX T1

FSPGR

FAT SAT

PARAMETERS

Plane/Mode

Sequence

Options/psd

AX/2D

SAG/2D

SE

SAG/2D

FSE

NP

AX/2D

FSEXL

NP,TRF,VB

 

SAG/2D

FSEXL

NP, VB

Psd=fse-xl

SAG/2D

FSPGR

AX/2D

FSPGR, NP

SCAN TIMING

#echo/#shots

TE / TR

TI /Flip / ETL

 

BW

1 echo

MF TE

200 TR

1 echo

100 TE

5000 TR

ETL 16

15.63 BW

1 echo

MIN TE

500 TR

4 ETL

20 BW

1 echo

80 TE

5000 TR

16 ETL

16 BW

1 echo

MIN TE

300 TR

60 FA

62 BW

1 echo

1.8 TE(out)

90 TR

60 FA

32 BW

OTHER

SAT/GRX/Vasc

Gating/CINE

MultiPhase/DWI

.

 

GRX

 

GRX

SAT FAT

GRX

SAT FAT

GRX

SAT FAT

GRX

SCAN RANGE

FOV

Thickness

Spacing

Start Loc

#slices

40 FOV

5 mm

skip 2.5

12-18 FOV

5 mm

skip 1

 

16/1

12-18 FOV

5 mm

skip 1

 

18/2

12-18 FOV

5 mm

skip 1

 

20/1

12-18 FOV

5 mm

skip 1

 

1 acquistion

12-18 FOV

5 mm

skip 1

 

18/2

ACQ

Freq

Phase

NEX

Ph FOV

Pause

TIME

Fr Dir

CF

FC Dir

Autshim

Ph Cor

Contras

256

128

.75nex

:30

RL

H20

*

auto

256

256

2 nex

2:40

AP

H20

*

auto

256

256

2 nex

2:12

AP

H20

*

auto

256

192

4 nex

4:05

AP

H20

*

auto

256

192

1 nex

~1:30

AP

H20

*

auto

 

256

192

2 nex

1:10

AP

H20

*

auto