MR Shoulder W/WO Protocol

Revised - 2/22/19

  • Charge as Shoulder WWO
  • 3T only unless patient has implant
  • Please use fiducials to mark surgical scars or palpable masses
  • Shoulder Coil
  • Use rest medial slabs to reduce respiratory motion- increase FOV to cover area of concern.
  • If hardware is present:
    • Arthroplasty
      • Do STIR instead of fat-sat mid-TE
      • Do post-contrast non-fat-sat T1 instead of fat-sat
    • Other hardware: (If necessary)
      • Do STIR instead of fat-sat mid-TE
      • Do post-contrast non-fat-sat T1 instead of fat-sat
Plane Weighting Mode Slice Gap FAT SAT FOV Scan Range
AXIAL T1 TSE 3-4mm 1mm None 18cm Entire Shoulder (Include area of Concern)
AXIAL Mid TE T2 FAT SAT TSE 3-4mm 1mm SPAIR 18cm Entire Shoulder (Include area of Concern)
COR Mid TE T2 FAT SAT TSE 3-4mm 1mm SPAIR 18cm Parallel to Supraspinatous
SAG T1 TSE 3-4mm 1mm None 18cm Perpendicular to Supraspinatous
SAG T2 SPIR TSE 3-4mm 1mm SPIR 18cm Perpendicular to Supraspinatous
COR PRE (if giving gad for infection/osteo) T1 TSE 3-4mm 1mm NONE 18cm SAME AS COR T2 FS
POST CONTRAST
AXIAL T1 Fat Sat TSE 3-4mm 1mm SPIR 18cm Same as pre
SAG T1 Fat Sat TSE 3-4mm 1mm SPIR 18cm Same as pre