Scan type | Region | MRI sequence type | Time |
Localiser | Thorax | Three plane localisers | 1 min |
Cardiac | Two and four-chamber views Short axis localiser | 1 min | |
Anatomical | Thorax | Haste in transverse and coronal planes | 4 min |
Aorta | Aorta cine | TrueFISP/gradient echo cine | 1 min |
Orthogonal ascending aorta | TrueFISP/gradient echo cine | 1 min | |
Orthogonal descending aorta | TrueFISP/gradient echo cine | 1 min | |
Transverse cine and flow ascending aorta | TrueFISP cine and flow | 5 min | |
Transverse cine and flow descending aorta | TrueFISP cine and flow | 5 min | |
Functional cardiac | Horizontal long axis Vertical long axis Left ventricular outflow tract | TrueFISP cine 7 mm thick TrueFISP cine 7 mm thick TrueFISP cine 7 mm thick | 4 min 4 min 4 min |
Short axis stack (left ventricle) | TrueFISP cine 7 mm thick/3 mm gap | 10 min | |
Myocardium | Cardiac (limited) | T1 Map x 3 (short axis: basal, mid, apical) | 2 min |
T2 Map x 3 (short axis: basal, mid, apical) | 0.5 min | ||
Tagging (short axis image: mid segment) | 0.5 min | ||
Total time | 44 min |