Table 1 MRI sequences and their utility

Scouts

Sagittal, coronal, axial

Localizer

Single-shot Fast spin echo

Axial

Provides overview of morphology

Balanced Steady State Free Precession (SSFP)- Single shot

Axial

Provides overview of morphology

Cine SSFP

2-chamber, 3-chamber, 4-chamber, short-axis stacks

LV and RV volumes, ejection fraction, wall thickness, and motion

Black blood spin-echo

- T1-weighted,

- T2-weighted,

- Fat saturated

2-chamber, 3-chamber, 4-chamber, short-axis stacks

Tissue characterization

T2*-weighted

Sequence Planes Description

T1- mapping Short-axis stacks Tissue characterization (fibros is, amyloid, deposition, iron)

T2- mapping Short-axis stacks Tissue characterizaton (edema)

Short axis

Iron quantification

Diffusion

Localized to mass

Tissue characterization

Dynamic first pass perfusion

Short-axis stacks

Ischemia/infarct/microvascular obstruction/masses

2 min post contrast T1-weighted IR GRE

Short-axis stacks

For myocarditis, microvascular obstruction and masses

Delayed enhancement sequences

2-chamber, 3-chamber, 4-chamber, short-axis stacks

Evaluation of scarring and fibrosis

MR angiography

Coronal/sagittal/axial

Vascular anatomy

3d-whole heart SSFP

Axial/targeted to coronary arteries

Coronary artery anatomy

Vascular anatomy