Table 1.

Proposed simplified CMR sequence terminology

Used terms (examples)	Term suggestions for clinical reports	Modifiers for scientific/technical publications
Black-blood T1-weighted (half-Fourier, single-shot, fast spin echo, double-inversion recovery) dark blood spin echo sequence with or without contrast agent; with or without fat saturation, proton-density weighted spin echo sequence	Black-blood CMR	… using [sequence name, details*] (applies to all examples)
2D/3D inversion-recovery gradient echo sequence	Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) CMR
Regular/single-shot 2D/3D phase-sensitive SSFP
Delayed (hyper) enhancement sequence
T2-weighted single-shot/fast spin echo double-inversion recovery/triple-inversion recovery dark/black blood spin echo sequence/T2-prepared SSFP with/without fat saturation	Edema CMR
Balanced steady-state- free-precession gradient echo sequence, spoiled gradient echo cine sequence with/without contrast agent	Cine CMR
Gradient echo cine sequence with spatial modulation of magnetization (SPAMM)	Strain CMR
Steady-state- free-precession or spoiled gradient echo sequence with tissue motion analysis (e.g. feature tracking)
T1-weighted saturation recovery gradient echo sequence with echo-planar, SSFP, or hybrid read-out	Perfusion CMR
In plane/through-plane motion-encoded phase-sensitive spoiled gradient echo sequence	Flow CMR
4D phase contrast velocity sequence
T2*-weighted spoiled gradient echo sequence	Iron CMR
T2* mapping sequence
Time-Of-Flight MR coronary angiography sequence with/without contrast SSFP MR coronary angiography sequence	CMR Coronary Angiography

*: “Details” indicates any specific methodology used for data acquisition, post-processing and evaluation.