| TFE (Turbo Field Echo) |
TFE (Philips), GRE (GE), FLASH (Siemens) |
T1-weighted |
Contrast-enhanced liver, dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging, angiography |
Gradient echo sequence with short TR and high flip angles emphasizing T1 contrast for dynamic contrast imaging. |
| THRIVE (T1 High-Resolution Isotropic Volume Examination) |
THRIVE (Philips), VIBE (Siemens), LAVA (GE) |
T1-weighted |
Contrast-enhanced body MRI, dynamic liver imaging, breast MRI |
Fat-suppressed, T1-weighted with isotropic resolution, ideal for dynamic contrast enhancement. |
| TFF Pre SENSE (Turbo Field Echo with Parallel Imaging) |
TFE (Philips), GRE (GE), FLASH (Siemens) |
T1-weighted |
Contrast-enhanced dynamic studies, MR angiography |
Gradient echo with parallel imaging (SENSE) for faster T1 contrast-enhanced studies. |
| bTFE (Balanced Turbo Field Echo) |
TrueFISP (Siemens), FIESTA (GE), Balanced FFE (Philips) |
Mixed T1/T2 |
Cardiac imaging, CNS imaging, abdominal imaging |
Balanced SSFP with both T1 and T2 contrast but T2-dominant, ideal for fluid contrast and dynamic cardiac imaging. |
| SS-TSE (Single Shot Turbo Spin Echo) |
HASTE (Siemens), SSFSE (GE), SSTSE (Philips) |
T2-weighted |
Abdominal and pelvic imaging, fluid detection |
T2-weighted single-shot turbo spin echo, useful for fluid detection and motion-sensitive areas. |
| SSTSE TE 80 RT SENSE (Single Shot Turbo Spin Echo with TE 80 and Respiratory Triggering) |
SSTSE (Philips), HASTE (Siemens), SSFSE (GE) |
T2-weighted |
Fluid-sensitive abdominal and pelvic imaging |
T2-weighted with a long TE emphasizing fluid contrast, RT (Respiratory Triggering) for reducing motion artifacts. |
| TFE cor Dyn eFB SENSE (Turbo Field Echo Dynamic Enhanced Free Breathing with Parallel Imaging) |
TFE (Philips), LAVA Flex (GE), VIBE (Siemens) |
T1-weighted |
Dynamic contrast studies, liver and abdominal imaging |
T1-weighted dynamic contrast imaging with free-breathing capability and parallel imaging (SENSE). |
| T2 TSE (Turbo Spin Echo) |
TSE (Philips), FSE (GE), TSE (Siemens) |
T2-weighted |
Soft tissue contrast, chest imaging, abdominal imaging |
T2-weighted turbo spin echo ideal for soft tissue contrast in chest and body MRI. |
| STIR (Short Tau Inversion Recovery) |
STIR (Philips, Siemens, GE) |
T2-weighted with Fat Suppression |
Edema detection, musculoskeletal, body imaging |
T2-weighted inversion recovery sequence for fluid-sensitive imaging with fat suppression. |
| DIR (Double Inversion Recovery) |
DIR (Philips, Siemens, GE) |
T2-weighted with Fat & Blood Suppression |
Myocardial edema, black-blood cardiac imaging |
Double inversion pulse to suppress both fat and blood signal, enhancing tissue contrast. |
| PSIR (Phase-Sensitive Inversion Recovery) |
PSIR (Philips, Siemens, GE) |
T1-weighted Inversion Recovery |
Myocardial infarct imaging, late gadolinium enhancement |
T1-weighted sequence highlighting delayed enhancement for scar and fibrosis detection. |
| DWI (Diffusion-Weighted Imaging) |
DWI (Philips, Siemens, GE) |
Diffusion (T2-based) |
Tumor detection, infection, body MRI |
Sensitive to water diffusion abnormalities, commonly used in oncology and infection imaging. |
| DCE-MRI (Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI) |
DCE-MRI (Philips, Siemens, GE) |
T1-weighted (Post-contrast) |
Perfusion studies, breast and liver imaging |
Dynamic imaging post-contrast to assess perfusion patterns. |
| PC-MRI (Phase Contrast MRI) |
PC-MRI (Philips, Siemens, GE) |
Flow-sensitive (Velocity Imaging) |
Cardiac flow assessment, aortic and valvular flow |
Flow-sensitive imaging for quantifying blood velocity and flow direction. |
| 4D Flow MRI |
4D Flow (Philips, Siemens, GE) |
Velocity-sensitive with T2 contrast |
Comprehensive cardiac flow mapping, aorta imaging |
Captures multidirectional blood flow patterns, useful in complex cardiovascular cases. |
| LAVA (Liver Acquisition with Volume Acceleration) |
LAVA (GE), THRIVE (Philips), VIBE (Siemens) |
T1-weighted |
Liver contrast-enhanced imaging |
High-resolution T1-weighted sequence with fat suppression for dynamic liver studies. |