MR Shoulder WO Protocol
Revised - 1/3/2019
Charge as Shoulder WO
- 3T Scanner Only
- Shoulder Coil
- If Fat Sat fails, use SPAIR instead. If FS is still poor, use long TE (80+ms) without Fat Sat
- If hardware is present:
- Arthroplasty
- Axial, sagittal, and coronal STIR
- Do usual sagittal T1 and coronal non-fat-sat PD
- Other Hardware: (If necessary)
- Do non-fat-sat mid-TE (axial, sagittal, coronal) instead of fat-sat
- Add a sagittal STIR
- Do usual coronal non-fat-sat PD and sagittal T1
- Arthroplasty
Plane | Weighting | Mode | Slice | Gap | FAT SAT | FOV | Scan Range |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AXIAL | Mid TE T2 FAT SAT | TSE | 2.5mm | 0.5mm | SPAIR | 15cm | Entire Shoulder (Include A/C Joint) |
AXIAL | T1 | TSE | 2.5mm | 0.5mm | None | 15cm | Entire Shoulder (Include A/C Joint) |
COR | PD (TE=30msec) | TSE | 2.5mm | 0.5mm | None | 15cm | Parallel to Supraspinatous |
COR | Mid TE T2 FAT SAT | TSE | 2.5mm | 0.5mm | SPAIR | 15cm | Parallel to Supraspinatous |
SAG | T1 | TSE | 2.5mm | 0.5mm | None | 15cm | Perpendicular to Supraspinatous |
SAG | Mid TE T2 FAT SAT | TSE | 2.5mm | 0.5mm | SPAIR | 15cm | Perpendicular to Supraspinatous |