MRI pulse sequence abbreviations
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This article contains a list of commonly and less commonly used MR pulse sequence abbreviations and their meaning. If available, an explanation is included in a separate article.
- spin echo sequences
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gradient echo sequences (GRE)
- SSFP: steady state free precession
- TRUFI: true fast imaging with steady-state free precession
- true FISP: fast imaging with steady-state free precession
- PSIF: reverse FISP
- DESS: dual echo steady state
- FLASH: fast low angle shot
- GRASS: gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state
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SPGR: spoiled gradient recalled
- VIBE: volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination
- CISS: constructive interference in steady state
- FIESTA: fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition
- diffusion weighted sequences:
- SWI : susceptibility weighted imaging
- inversion recovery sequences:
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MR angiography:
- TOF: time of flight
- MOTSA: multiple overlapping thin slab acquisitions
- phase contrast
- contrast enhanced MR angiography
- TWIST: time resolved angiography with stochastic trajectories
- in and out of phase imaging
- fat suppressed imaging
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general techniques:
- CLEAR: Constant LEvel AppeaRance
See also
-<a href="/articles/ir">IR</a>: inversion recovery</li></ul>- +<a href="/articles/inversion-recovery-sequences">IR</a>: inversion recovery</li></ul>
-<a href="/articles/time-of-flight">TOF</a>: time of flight</li>- +<a title="TOF" href="/articles/tetralogy-of-fallot">TOF</a>: time of flight</li>