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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Radiol. 2017 Apr 22;48(1):50–55. doi: 10.1007/s00247-017-3785-1

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