A Predictive Model for Tumor Invasion of the Inferior Vena Cava Wall Using Multimodal Imaging in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus

Table 1

Sequence parameters for IVCTT with abdominal array coils at 3.0-T superconducting imaging system.

	Imaging plane	Freq FOV^a	Phase-FOV	TR/TE^b (ms)	Slice thickness/spacing (mm)	Band width (kHz)	Flip angle (°)	NEX^c	Time
T2 FS RTr propeller ^d	Axial		36	9000/82	6.0/1.0	62.5			2 min
T2 SSFSE^e	Sagittal	40	0.7	1028/70	6.0/1.0	62.5			18 s BH^f
	Coronal	40	0.9	1216/70	6.0/1.0	62.5			22 s
LAVA ^g-Flex	Axial	40	0.8	4.0/1.8	5.0	142.86			20 s BH
LAVA-Flex 3	Axial	36	0.8	4.0/1.8	5.0	142.86	10	1.0	1 min
LAVA-Flex +C	Sagittal	35	1	4.4/1.9	3.0	142.86	15	1.0	23 s BH
	Coronal								24 s BH
DWI ^h	Axial	35	1	4800/62	6.0/1.0	250			3 min, 54 s

^aFOV: field-of-view; ^bTR: repetition time TE: echo time; ^cNEX: number of excitations; ^dFS: fat suppression; RTr: Respiratory trigger; ^eSSFSE: Single Shot Fast Spine Echo; ^fBH: breath-hold; ^gLAVA: Liver Acquisition with Volume Acceleration; ^hDWI: diffusion-weighted imaging.