Table 4.

Imaging acquisition protocols for PET/MR

Clinical indication, ref	PET protocol	MR protocol
Limbic encephalitis, 1	Brain: one bed position for 20 min (static) Whole-body: 4 min/bed	Head and neck radiofrequency coil Brain sequences: T1-MPRAGE FLAIR SWI STIR TSE T2-TSE c.e. MPRAGE Whole-body sequences: T1-VIBE T2-HASTE DWI c.e. T1-VIBE Contrast enhancement: gadobutrol (0.2 mmol/kg b.w.)
Spondylodiscitis, 2	Whole-body: 5-min/bed	Integrated spine coil Spine: T1-weighted TSE sagittal T2-weighted TSE transverse T1-weighted TSE transverse Whole-body sequences: T1-VIBE T2-HASTE Contrast enhancement: gadobutrol (0.1 mmol/kg b.w.)
Cardiac sarcoidosis, 3,4	Thoracic: one bed of 25 min centred over the heart (static)	Thoracic sequences: T2-weighted coronal T2- HASTE Breath-hold cine imaging with TrueFISP and TIRM Late gadolinium-enhanced (15 min following administration of c.e.) PSIR Contrast enhancement: gadobutrol (0.1 mmol/kg b.w.)
Large vessels vasculitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis, 5–7	Whole-body: 4 min/bed	Whole-body sequences: T1-VIBE T2-HASTE STIR DWI (only for retroperitoneal fibrosis)

MPRAGE magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition with gradient-echo, FLAIR fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, SWI susceptibility weighted-imaging, STIR short-tau inversion recovery, TSE turbo spin-echo, VIBE volume interpolated breath-hold examination, HASTE half Fourire acquisition single shot turbo spin echo, DWI diffusion weighted imaging, TrueFISP fast imaging with steady state procession, TIRM turbo inversion recovery magnitude, PSIR phase-sensitive version recovery