Pelvis / Limited Abd Gad        (Torso Coil)     (PELVIS-combo, ABD-plain)           (60m – 7/02)
Torso coil, moved to cover entire abdomen and pelvis. Begin in pelvis, move to abdomen.

For patients with known pelvic Ca (e.g. bladder, uterus, cervix)
For patients with a strong suspicion of liver metastases (e.g. rectal or ovarian), use Feridex/Gad or Liver/Pelvis

PulseSeq

TR

TE

Flip

BW

Matrix

Slice

SAT

NEX

FOV

Other

*Cor ssfse – Pelvis

NA

180

NA

31

256x160

5 x 0

S,I

1

32x32

Localizer Abd/Pelvis

**Sag FRFSE-opt

2500

80

NA

31

256x192

5 x 1

Fat,S, I

1

24x24

FreqAxis S-I; Breathold

Ax T1-SE-Pelvis

500

min

NA

16

256x192

5 x 1

S,I

2

20x20

FreqAxis A-P,NoPhWr

Ax FRFSE-Pelvis

4000

100

NA

31

320x256

5 x 1

S,I

2

20x20

FreqAxis A-P,NoPhWr

#Ax or Sag Dyn efgre3D

min

min

15°

31

256x192

4 x 0

SpecFat

.5

24x24

Pre/3xpost;FrAx S-I;BrHol

*Cor ssfse – Abd

NA

180

NA

31

256x160

5 x 0

S,I

1

32x32

Localizer Abd/Pelvis

##Ax FMPSPGR Abd

20

min

30°

15

256x192

5 x 0

Fat

1

32x24

Breathhold

**FRFSE-opt

3000

80

na

62

256x192

7x .5

Fat,S,I

.5

32x24

ETL=13; Breathold

Ax SSFSE

na

100

na

31

256x192

8 x 0

S,I

.5

32x24

 

*Give patient 2 bottles of RediCat to drink ASAP, and inject glucagon .8 mg IM immediately prior to study
**For “reps before pause”, ALWAYS choose “none”. Use a TR that is short enough so that the acquisition is completed during a single 20-25 sec suspended respiration. To obtain more than 7 slices, it is necessary to prescribe an additional stack of images, overlapping the last slice of one acquisition with the first slice of the next.
#Give glucagon .2 mg IV prior to Gad. Obtain through area of suspected tumor recurrence. Begin scan after flush is completed.
##Multiple breathholds through lower and upper abdomen. Move torso coil; avoid skipping the mid-abdomen.
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