3 Gibbon Philips Iron Quantification Protocol

Information for Scheduling the Exam

  1. All patients should be scheduled on 3 Gibbon on the 1.5T Philips Achieva.
  2. There is no specific patient preparation for this exam.
  3. No IV Gadolinium or oral contrast is administered for this exam.

Information for MRI Technologists

Surface Coils

  1. Use Sense-XL Torso Coil for the entire exam except for the Dual-Echo GRE series which should be performed with the Q-Body Coil.

Pulse Sequences

  1. BFFE survey (3 plane)
  2. SENSE Ref scan
  3. Multi-echo FFE Breathold (16 echoes for T2* mapping)
  4. Short axis cardiac gated mTFE through the mid left ventricle for cardiac iron mapping
  5. Dual-echo GRE (20 degree flip angle) using Q-Body coil
  6. Single Shot Axial T2 WI
  7. 4 Chamber BTFE CINE through the left ventricle (for wall motion evaluation)
  8. Short axis BTFE CINE through the left ventricle (for wall motion evaluation)

Notes:

·        m-FFE T2* mapping scan

o   Note that artifact free images are more important than coverage; keep breath-holds to <20 seconds.

o   A quantitative T2* map is generated by the scanner.

Iron Quantification Links for Radiologists

Philips Iron Quantification Powerpoint Presentation

·        Liver Iron Quantification with MRI at 1.5T

Iron Quantification Lookup Tables

·        Clinical Iron Quantification: Q (Fe) Table

Liver Iron Quantification by MRI (1.5T) University of Rennes Website

·        University Hospital of Rennes Website

 

 

Rev: November 7, 2012