MRI ACRONYMS

No. TERMS GE SIEMENS PHILIPS

1 Spin Echo SE SE SE
2 Gradient Echo GRE GRE Fast Field Echo (FFE)
3 Spoiled Gradient Echo SPGR FLASH T1-FFE
4 Coherent Gradient Echo GRASS FISP FFE
5 Steady-State Free SSFP PSIF T2-FFE
Precession
6 True FISP FIESTA True FISP Balanced FFE
True FISP/Dual Excitation FIESTA-C CISS
7 Multi-Echo Data Image MERGE MEDIC M-FFE
Combination
8 Ultrafast Gradient Echo Fast GRE, Fast SPGR TurboFLASH TFE
9 Ultrafast Gradient Echo 3D FGRE, 3D Fast MPRAGE 3D TFE
3D SPGR
10 Volume Interpolated GRE LAVA-XV VIBE THRIVE
11 Susceptibility-Weighted SWAN SWI Venous BOLD
Imaging
12 Dynamic MRA with k- TRICKS-XV TWIST Keyhole (4D-TRAK)
space Manipulation
13 High-Resolution Bilateral VIBRANT-XV VIEWS BLISS
Breast Imaging
14 Non-contrast MR Angio, Inhance Inflow IR NATIVE-TrueFISP B-TRANCE
TrueFISP-based
15 Parametric Mapping CartiGram MapIT
16 Inversion Recovery IR, MPIR, FastIR IR,Turbo IR (TIR) IR-TSE
17 Short Tau IR STIR STIR STIR
18 Long Tau IR FLAIR Turbo Dark Fluid FLAIR
19 Turbo Spin Echo/Fast FSE (Fast Spin Echo) TSE (Turbo Spin TSE (Turbo Spin
Spin Echo Echo) Echo)
20 Single-Shot TSE/FSE Single-Shot FSE HASTE Single-Shot TSE
21 FSE/TSE with 90° Flip- Fast Recovery FSE RESTORE DRIVE
Back Pulse (FRFSE)
22 3D TSE with Variable CUBE SPACE VISTA
Flip Angle
23 Number of Echoes Echo Train Length Turbo Factor Turbo Factor
(ETL)
24 Time Between Echoes Echo Spacing Echo Spacing Echo Spacing
25 Echo Planar Imaging EPI EPI EFI
(EPI)
26 Number of Echoes ETL EPI Factor EPI Factor
27 Diffusion-Weighted DWI DWI DWI
 Imaging
28 Apparent Diffusion ADC ADC ADC
Coefficient Map
29 Diffusion Tensor Imaging Diffusion Tensor DTI Diffusion Tensor
Imaging Imaging
30 DTI Tractography (Fiber FiberTrak DTI Tractography FiberTrak
Tracking)
31 1D Navigators for Cardiac Navigators 1D PACE Navigators
Imaging
32 Motion Correction with PROPELLER BLADE MultiVane
Radial Blades
33 PAT: Image-based ASSET mSENSE SENSE
Algorithm
34 PAT: k-space-based ARC GRAPPA
Algorithm
35 Integrated Calibration Self-Calibration (with Auto-Calibration
ARC)
36 Separate Calibration Calibration for ASSET Turbo-Calibration (Calibration for
SENSE) / CLEAR
37 Prostate Spectroscopy PROSE 3D CSI
38 Breast Spectroscopy BREASE GRACE
39 Patient Orientation Localizer Localizer, Scout Plan Scan
Sequence
40 Contrast Bolus Smart Prep; CARE Bolus BolusTrak
Timing/Visualization FluoroTriggered MRA
41 Repetition Time, Echo TR, TE TR, TE
Time (in msec)
42 Inversion Time (in msec) TI TI TI
43 Averages NEX Average NSA
44 Simultaneous Excitation POMP (Phase Offset Simultaneous Multi-Slice
Multiplanar) Excitation
45 RF Pulse in Gradient Echo Flip Angle Flip Angle Flip Angle
46 Scan Measurement Time Acquisition Time Acquisition Time Acquisition Time
47 Distance Between Slices Gap Distance Factor (% of Gap
slice thickness)
48 Shifting Slices Off Center Off-center FoV Off-center Shift Off-center FoV
49 Field of View (FoV) FoV [cm] FoV [mm] FoV [mm]
50 Rectangular FoV Partial FoV (PFoV) FoV Rectangular FoV
Phase/Rectangular
FoV
51 Bandwidth Receive Bandwidth Bandwidth [Hz/Px] Fat/Water Shift [pixel]
[kHz]
52 Variable Bandwidth Variable Bandwidth Optimized bandwidth Optimized Bandwidth
53 Frequency Oversampling Anti-Aliasing Oversampling Frequency
Oversampling
54 Phase Oversampling No Phase Wrap Phase Oversampling Fold-over Suppression
55 Segmented k-Space Views per segment Lines/Segments Views/Segment
56 Time Delay/Block k-space Intersegment Delay Time Delay TD
57 Half Fourier Imaging 1/2 NEX; fractional Half Fourier Half Scan
NEX
58 Partial Echo Partial Echo Asymmetric Echo Partial Echo
59 Gradient Moment Nulling Flow Comp GMR/Flow Comp Flow Comp; Flag
60 Ramped RF Pulse Ramped Pulse TONE TONE
61 Magnetization Transfer MTC MTC; MTS MTC
Contrast
62 Prep Pulse – Chemically Fat Sat/Chem Sat Fat Sat SPIR
63 Fat-Water separation IDEAL DIXON
64 Prep Pulse - Spatially SAT Presat REST
65 Moving Sat Pulse Walking Sat Travel Sat; Tracking Travel REST
Sat
66 Scan Synchronization with CardiacGated/Triggering ECG Triggered ECG Triggered/VCG
ECG
67 Delay after R-Wave Trigger Delay; TD Trigger Delay; TD Trigger Delay; TD
68 Respiratory Gating Respiratory Comp Respiratory Gated Trigger; PEAR
69 Multi-Channel RF Coil PURE Prescan Normalize CLEAR
Sensitivity Normalization
70 Central k-space Filling Elliptic Centric Elliptical Scanning CENTRA
Arterial Visualization