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Manual Entry Probe/SV SNR Protocols

Last Update10/03/2005

This document contains the Non-Proprietary protocols for Testing Probe-S and Probe-P SNR. Refer to Probe/SV Calibration and SNR Tests for the complete calibration procedure, and substitute the protocols below, for the Service protocols listed.

  1. Refer toTable 1 for the non-proprietary Probe-S SNR Protocol.

  2. For TwinSpeed, add the GradMode field, WHOLE or ZOOM.

  3. Refer to Table 2 for the non-proprietary Probe-P SNR Protocol.

  4. For TwinSpeed, add the GradMode field, WHOLE or ZOOM.

Table 1. PROBE-S SNR PROTOCOL

PATIENT REGISTER New Pt

PATIENT INFORMATION

Patient ID geservice

Patient Name probes snr

Weight (Lb) 111(IMPORTANT)

PATIENT PROTOCOLS Patient Position

PATIENT POSITION

Patient Position >Supine

Patient Entry >Head First

Coil ...HeadAccept

IMAGING PARAMETERS

Plane >Axial

Mode >MRS

Pulse Seq ...Probe-S

Accept

Imaging Options Ext. Dyn. Range

Psd Name no entry

Protocol no entry

SCAN TIMING

# of Echoes 1 (default)

TE 30

TR 2000

USER CVs SCREEN

CV3 scan mode 1.00

CV4 total # of scans 32.00

Accept

SCANNING RANGE

FOV 24

Start S10

End I10

Start R10

End L10

Start A10

End P10

Table Delta 0.00 (default)

ACQUISITION TIMING

Freq auto selected (default)

Phase auto selected (default)

NEX 2.00

Freq Dir >A/P

Autoshim selected

Contrast not selected

Save series

Research Operations Display CVs

CV Name CV Value

TempC (greenest value on MRS Phantom

Accept

Research Operations Download

Table 2. PROBE-P SNR PROTOCOL

PATIENT REGISTER New Pt

PATIENT INFORMATION

Patient ID geservice

Patient Name probep snr

Weight (Lb) 111(IMPORTANT)

PATIENT PROTOCOLS Patient Position

PATIENT POSITION

Patient Position >Supine

Patient Entry >Head First

Coil ...HeadAccept

IMAGING PARAMETERS

Plane >Axial

Mode >MRS

Pulse Seq ...Probe-P

Accept

Imaging Options Ext. Dyn. Range

Psd Name no entry

Protocol no entry

SCAN TIMING

# of Echoes 1 (default)

TE 37

TR 2000

USER CVs SCREEN

CV3 scan mode 1.00

CV4 total # of scans 32.00

Accept

SCANNING RANGE

FOV 24

Start S10

End I10

Start R10

End L10

Start A10

End P10

Table Delta 0.00 (default)

ACQUISITION TIMING

Freq 1

Phase 1

NEX 2.00

Freq Dir >A/P

Autoshim selected

Contrast not selected

Save series

Research Operations Display CVs

CV Name CV Value

TempC (greenest value on MRS Phantom

Accept

Research Operations Download