Table 1.
Rapid brain protocol
Sequence | Coverage | Slice/gap (mm) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Ax SSFSE | WB | 4/1 | |
Cor SSFSE | WB | 4/1 | |
Options | |||
Ax DWI | WB | 3 T–2/0, 1.5 T–3/0 | b=1,000, try PROPELLER if motion |
Cor DWI | WB | 3 T–2/0, 1.5 T–3/0 | b=1,000 |
Sag SSFSE | WB | 4/1 |
Ax axial, Cor coronal, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, PROPELLER periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction, Sag sagittal, SSFSE single-shot fast spin echo, T tesla, WB whole brain