MR Lymphangiography: A Practical Guide to Perform It and a Brief Review of the Literature from a Technical Point of View

Table 1

Imaging parameters for magnetic resonance lymphangiography at 1,5 T.

	TR	TE	TI	FA (°)	FOV (cm)	Matrix	Thickness/overlap (mm)	NEX	Bandwidth (khz)
Coronal 3D SSFP balanced	4.0	1.9	90		40 × 40	224 × 192	2/1	0.53	±125
Coronal 3D spoiled GRE T1W with SPECtral inversion at lipid balanced	5.0	2.1	17	25	44 × 44	448 × 320	2.8/1.4	1	±111.1
3D T2-weighted turbo spin-echo	2000	680			40 × 40	320 × 224	3.5/1	1	±31.2

TR = repetition time; TE = echo time: TI = inversion time; FA = flip angle; FOV = field of view; NEX = number of excitations.
Sequences performed in our experience.