Handbook of MRI Technique. Catherine Westbrook

Specific absorption rate SAT Saturation SE‐EPI Spin echo – echo planar imaging SNR Signal to noise ratio SPAMM Spatial modulation of magnetization SPGR Spoiled gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state SPIR Spectrally selective inversion recovery SS Single shot SS‐EPI Single‐shot echo planar imaging SSFP Steady‐state free precession SS‐FSE Single‐shot fast spin echo SS‐GRE‐EPI Single‐shot gradient echo EPI STEAM Stimulated echo acquisition mode STIR Short TAU inversion recovery SVS Single‐voxel spectroscopy SW Susceptibility weighted TE Time to echo TF Turbo factor TFE Turbo field echo TI Time to inversion TIA Transient ischaemic attack TLE Temporal lobe epilepsy TMJ Temporomandibular joint TOF Time of flight TOF‐MRA Time of flight magnetic resonance angiography TR Time to repeat True FISP Siemens version of balanced gradient echo TSE Turbo spin echo VENC Velocity encoding VNR Velocity to noise ratio VOI Volume of interest VQ Ventilation perfusion scan

Table 1.2 Summary of slice prescription criteria.

Area	Plane	Angle	Prescription	Coverage
Brain	Sagittal	parallel to falx cerebri	lateral borders of each temporal lobe	foramen magnum to vertex and occiput to frontal lobe
	Axial	parallel to falx cerebri and ACPC line	foramen magnum to superior surface of the brain	occipital lobe to frontal lobe and both temporal lobes
	Coronal	perpendicular to ACPC line	cerebellum to frontal lobe	foramen magnum to vertex and both temporal lobes
Temporal lobes	Sagittal	parallel to falx cerebri	lateral borders of each temporal lobe	foramen magnum to vertex and occiput to frontal lobe
	Axial	parallel to temporal lobes and falx cerebri	inferior aspect of temporal lobes to superior border of body of corpus callosum	occipital lobe to frontal lobe and both temporal lobes
	Coronal	perpendicular to axial slices and parallel to falx cerebri	posterior cerebellum to anterior border of genu of corpus callosum	foramen magnum and vertex and both temporal lobes
IAMs and posterior fossa	Sagittal	parallel to falx cerebri	through IAMs on both sides	foramen magnum to superior body of corpus callosum and both temporal lobes
	Axial	perpendicular to falx cerebri and parallel to both IAMs	through the IAMs and posterior fossa	occipital lobe to frontal lobe and both temporal lobes
	Coronal	parallel to falx cerebri and a line between both IAMs	posterior border of cerebellum to clivus	foramen magnum to vertex and both temporal lobes
Pituitary fossa	Sagittal	parallel to falx cerebri	through the pituitary fossa	inferior edge of sphenoid sinus to the superior portion of the lateral ventricles
	Axial	parallel to falx cerebri	floor of the pituitary fossa to circle of Willis	occipital lobe to frontal lobe and both temporal lobes
	Coronal	parallel to falx cerebri	posterior to anterior clinoids	inferior border of sphenoid sinus to superior portion of lateral ventricles and both temporal lobes
Orbits	Sagittal