Adult MSK MRI Protocols

General Principles:

• Try to assess beforehand whether or not hardware will interfere with protocol. (Hardware doesn't necessarily mean you have to change the protocol!)
• If available, Check a radiograph- may be able to decide before hand (discuss with radiologist if needed)
• Try a fat-sat mid-TE sequence- is there too much susceptibility artifact and/or inhomogeneous fat suppression? (discuss with radiologist if needed)
• If the protocol needs to be modified:
• • Perform on Ingenia 1.5T (not on 3T)
  • Increase Bandwidth
  • Perform non-fat-sat mid-TE sequences or STIR instead of fat-sat mid-TE
  • If post-contrast, do non-fat-sat T1 instead of fat-sat T1