Liver Iron - Baseline

• Should be scheduled through MRI manager

1. SCOUT
2. CORONAL TRUEFISP BH LOCALIZER
3. AXIAL T2 HASTE MBH
4. CORONAL T2 HASTE MBH
5. T2* – axial liver (upper and lower) and short axis heart
6. T2 mapping – axial liver (upper and lower) and short axis heart
7. AXIAL IN and OPPOSED PHASE T1 GRE BH
8. AXIAL DIFFUSION – b values of 50, 400, 800
9. CORONAL LOCALIZER non-BH
10. AXIAL T2 BLADE FS resp nav
11. AXIAL VIBE BH

Inject contrast

12. AXIAL VIBE – late arterial phase (immediate) – subtraction
13. AXIAL VIBE – 70 sec.
14. CORONAL VIBE – 2 min.
15. AXIAL VIBE – 3 min.
16. AXIAL VIBE – 5 min. – subtraction

Notes:
Upper liver image – midway between main portal vein level and dome of diaphragm
Lower liver image – at main portal vein level

Label post-processing as follows:
Heart:
T2 #echoes
T2* low #echoes
T2* high #echoes
Liver:
Upper T2 #echoes
Upper T2* low #echoes
Upper T2* high #echoes
Lower T2 #echoes
Lower T2* low #echoes
Lower T2* high #echoes