1naresh
Array ( [urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:identity] => Array ( [runtime-id] => urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:identity [type] => guest [service-id] => ajnr-ac.highwire.org [access-type] => Controlled [privilege] => Array ( [urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:privilege] => Array ( [runtime-id] => urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:privilege [type] => privilege-set [privilege-set] => GUEST ) ) [credentials] => Array ( [method] => guest ) ) ) 1nareshArray ( [urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:identity] => Array ( [runtime-id] => urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:identity [type] => guest [service-id] => ajnr-ac.highwire.org [access-type] => Controlled [privilege] => Array ( [urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:privilege] => Array ( [runtime-id] => urn:ac.highwire.org:guest:privilege [type] => privilege-set [privilege-set] => GUEST ) ) [credentials] => Array ( [method] => guest ) ) )Table 1:3D Noncontrast protocol
Name 3D TOF 3D MPRAGE 3D T1WI SPACE/Cube/VISTA 3D T2WI SPACE/Cube/VISTA Plaque feature Stenosis, ulceration, calcification Intraplaque hemorrhage Plaque burden and distribution LRNC Sequencea FFE/SPGR IR-TFE/SPGR TSE/FSE TSE/FSE Image mode 3D 3D 3D 3D Scan plane Axial Coronal Coronal Coronal TR (ms) 24 15 1000 2500 TE (ms) 4.6 Minimum 30 250 FOV (cm) 16 × 16 16 × 16 16 × 16 16 × 16 Resolution (mm2) 0.6 × 0.6 0.6 × 0.6 0.6 × 0.6 0.6 × 0.6 Slice thickness (mm) 1b 0.6 0.6 0.6 Blood suppression Saturation–veins None MSDE/FSDc MSDE/FSD Special parameters Flip angle = 20° Flip angle = 15° Echo-train: variable Echo-train: variable TI = 500 ms VFA T1 VFA T2 Turbo factor = 30, IRTR = 800 ms Fat suppression No Yes (water excitation) Yes Yes
Note:—SPGR indicates echo-spoiled gradient-echo; FFE, fast-field echo; IR-TFE, inversion recovery–turbo field echo; VFA, variable flip angle; IRTR, time interval between 2 consecutive IR pulses; MSDE, motion-sensitized driven equilibrium; FSD, flow-sensitized dephasing.
↵a Siemens/Philips/GE acronyms.
↵b Interpolated resolution.
↵c Pulse gating not required for any sequence.