Table 5.
Protocols for particular clinical indications
| Types of clinical indication | Protocols | |
|---|---|---|
| Brain tumours | MRI brain with contrast enhancement | |
| Contrast-enhanced sagittal T1-W images of whole spine | ||
| Contrast-enhanced image-guided images when required | ||
| Stroke | Acute | Axial T2-W fast spin-echoa |
| Coronal FLAIRb | ||
| Sagittal T1-W spin-echo | ||
| DWI in three planes and calculated ADC map | ||
| Intracerebral 3-D TOF MRA | ||
| Axial dual-echo STIR and T1-W spin-echo through the neck | ||
| Extracerebral 2-D TOF MRA of the neck down to the aortic root | ||
| Non-acute | Acute stroke protocol without imaging of the neck | |
| Epilepsy | Axial T2-W fast spin-echoa | |
| 3-D T1-W volume acquisition reconstructed in three planes | ||
| Coronal T2-W fast spin-echob | ||
| Coronal FLAIR (or 3-D FLAIR if available) | ||
| Hippocampal T2-relaxometry (see text) | ||
| Intraparenchymal haemorrhage | MRI brain with contrast enhancement | |
| Intracerebral 3-D TOF MRA | ||
| MRV | ||
| Non-accidental head injury | Standard MRI brain | |
| Axial GE “susceptibility-weighted” sequence | ||
| Sagittal T2-W spin-echo and GE “susceptibility-weighted” sequence of the cervical spine | ||
MPRAGE magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo, MRV magnetic resonance venography
aReplaced by dual echo STIR sequence in the under 2 age group
bReplaced by a dual echo STIR coronal in the under 2 year age group.