We have 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla imaging capabilites housed at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS). At the Center for Translational Vascular and Physiological Imaging we have imaging protocols for 3T brain, 7T brain, 3T upper body, and 3T lower body.
Purpose: co-registration, visualization of tissue and atrophy
Spatial Resolution: 1.0 x 0.7 x 1.0 mm3
TR: 8.03 ms, TE: 3.73 ms
Readout Type: 3D TFE,
Factor = 192
Duration: 4 min 32s
Purpose: visualization of tissue, edema, and white matter disease
Spatial Resolution: 0.6 x 0.6 x 5.0 mm3
TR: 3000 ms, TE: 80 ms
Readout Type: Multislice TSE, Factor: 15
DRIVE sequence
Duration: 1 min 48s
Field-of-view: 161 x 199 x 200 mm
Slices: 40
Readout: 2D turbo inversion recovery
TR: 11000 TE: 20 ms
Spatial resolution: 0.46 x 0.57 x 4 mm
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
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Field-of-view = 184 x 230 x 134 mm
Slices = 27
Readout: 2D turbo inversion recovery
TR / TE = 11000 / 120 ms
Spatial resolution = 0.46 x 0.57 x 4 mm
Duration = 1 min 21 sec
Field-of-View: 183 x 230 x 120 mm
Slices:120
Readout: 3D gradient echo
TR / TE: 1000 / 80 ms
Spatial resolution: 0.5 x 0.5 x 1 mm
Duration : 2 min 30 sec
Field-of-View: 230 x 230 x 129 mm
Slices: 26
Readout: 2D spin echo EPI (b=0 and 1000 s/mm2)
TR: 2923.9 TE: 83.2 ms
Spatial Resolution: 1.8 x 1.8 x 4 mm
Duration: 35.1 sec
Field-of-View: 200 x 200 x 84 mm
Slices: 120
Readout: 3D gradient echo
TR: 23 TE: 3.45 ms
Spatial resolution: 0.39 x 0.39 x 1.4 mm
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Field-of-View: 200 x 200 x 363 mm (3 stacks)
Slices: 180
Readout: 2D gradient echo
TR: 15.7 TE:3.2 ms
Spatial resolution: 0.39 x 0.39 x 3 mm
Duration: 10 min 43 sec
Purpose: regional cerebral blood flow quantitation
Spatial Resolution: 3.3 x 3.5 x 7.5 mm3
TR: 4200 ms, TE: 12.5 ms
Readout Type: Multislice FE EPI, Factor: 35
pCASL Labeling, Post-Labeling Delay: 1800 ms,
Labeling Duration: 1650 ms, Dynamics: 30
Duration: 4 min 20s
Field-of-view: 230 x 230 x 130 mm
Slices: 65
Readout: 2D spin echo EPI (32 directions; b=1000 s/mm2)
TR: 3000 TE: 60 ms
Spatial Resolution: 2 x 2 x 2 mm
Duration: 6 min
Field-of-View: 350 x 250 x 446 mm
Slices: 50
Readout: 2D diffusion weighted inversion recovery
TR: 9341 TE: 68.7 ms
Spatial Resolution: 0.78 x 0.56 x 5 mm
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Purpose: transmit radiofrequency optimization
Spatial Resolution: 0.7 x 0.7 x 7 mm3
Readout: 3D gradient echo
Dual TR: 30, 130 ms, TE: 4.6 ms
Field-of-View: 180 x 180 x 105 mm3
Flip Angle: 60 degrees
Duration: 1 min 28s
Purpose: visualization of lymph nodes
Spatial Resolution: 1.6 x 1.6 x 5.5 mm3
Readout: multi-slice EPI, factor = 71
TR: 7755 ms, TE: 53 ms
Flip Angle: 90 degrees
b-value: 800 s/mm2
Duration: 2 min 42s
Purpose: visualization of lymphatic vessels
Spatial Resolution: 1.39 x 1.39 x 3 mm3
Readout: 3D turbo spin echo, Factor: 90
TR: 3000 ms, TE: 600 ms
Flip Angle: 90 degrees
Two 60 mm thick presaturation slabs placed 20 mm inferior and superior to imaging volume
SPIR Fat Suppression Averages: 2
Duration: 10 min 51s
Purpose: visualization of fat and water
Spatial Resolution: .9 x 0.7 x 2.5 mm3
Readout: 3D gradient echo
TR: 3.5 ms, TE1: 1.15 ms, TE2: 2.3 ms
Field-of-view: 520 x 424 x 192 mm3
Flip angle: 10 degrees
Duration: 18s
Purpose: visualization of tissue, lymph node anatomy, and edema
Spatial Resolution: 0.3 x 0.3 x 5 mm3
Readout: multi-slice turbo spin echo, Factor: 12
TR: 3500 ms, TE: 60 ms
field-of-view:180 x 180 x 50 mm3
Duration: 4 min 54s
Purpose: quantitative T1 determination
Spatial Resolution: 1.8 x 1.5 x 5.5 mm3
Readout: 3D gradient echo
TR: 100 ms, TE: 4.6 ms
Field-of-View: 520 x 424 x 49 mm3
Multi-Flip Angle: 20, 40, 60 degrees
Duration: 3 min 12s
Purpose: quantitative T2 determination
Spatial Resolution: 1.8 x 1.5 x 5.5 mm3
Readout: multi-slice turbo spin echo (factor 32)
TR: 4000 ms
Multi-TE: 9 to 189 ms; increments of 12 ms
Field-of-View: 520 x 424 x 49 mm3
Duration: 4 min 48s
Purpose: pH, interstitial protein accumulation, molecular imaging
Spatial Resolution: 0.7 x 0.7 x 7 mm3
Readout: 3D EPI readout (factor 7)
TR: 155 ms, TE: 7.1 ms
Saturation Pulse: Gaussian-windowed sinc pulse; B1 Amplitude: 2 µt; frequency offset Δω = -5.5 to 5.5 ppm; increments of 0.2 ppm
Field-of-View: 180 x 180 x 105 mm3
Flip Angle: 15 degrees
Duration: 6 min 45s
Purpose: localization
Coil: sodium 23NA knee quadrature RX coil (Rapid Biomedical GmbH, Rimpar, Germany); body coil TX
Purpose: regional sodium quantitation (mM/L)
Spatial Resolution: 3 x 3 x 30 mm3
Readout: 3D gradient echo
TR: 130 ms, TE: 0.99 ms
Field-of-View: 192 x 192 x 210 mm3
Flip Angle: 90 degrees
Duration: 15 min 54s
Purpose: visualization of fat and water
Spatial Resolution: 1 x 1 x 5 mm3
Readout: 3D gradient echo
TR: 200 ms, TE1: 1.15 ms, TE2: 2.30 ms
Field-of-View: 192 x 192 x 30 mm3
Flip Angle: 10 degrees
Reconstructed Images: in-phase, out-of-phase, water-only (e.g. top image), and fat-only (e.g. bottom image)
Duration: 2 min 56s
Purpose: visualization of lymphatic vessels
Spatial Resolution: 1.39 x 1.39 x 3 mm3
Readout: 3D turbo spin echo
TR: 3000 ms, TE: 600 ms
Field-of-View: 445 x 241 x 180 mm3
Flip Angle: 90 degrees
Two 60-mm thick presaturation slabs placed 20mm inferior and superior to imaging volume
Duration: 10 min 51s
Purpose: visualization of tissue and edema
Spatial Resolution: 0.3 x 0.3 x 5 mm3
Readout: multi-slice turbo spin echo
TR: 3610 ms, TE: 60 ms
Field-of-View: 192 x 192 x 225 mm3
Flip Angle: 90 degrees
Duration: 8 min 32s
Purpose: visualization of tissue and fat
Spatial Resolution: 0.5 x 0.5 x 5 mm3
Readout: multi-slice turbo spin echo
TR: 1328 ms, TE: 15 ms
Field-of-View: 192 x 192 x 225 mm3
Flip Angle: 90 degrees
Duration: 7 min 6s