SacroiliacJoints

MRIProtocolsoftheESSRArthri6sSubcommi:ee

Recommenda6onsoftheESSRArthri6sSubcommi:eefortheUseofMagne6cResonanceImaginginMusculoskeletalRheuma6cDiseases.SeminMusculoskeletRadiol2015;19:396–411

Acronyms

Ax=axial

CE=contrastenhanced

FOV=fieldofview

Obl=oblique

Sag=sagi:al

STIR=ShortTauInversionRecovery

TE=echo6me(ms)

TR=repe66on6me(ms)

•  Pa6entinsupineposi6onwiththefeetfirst

•  Spinecoilorbodyphasedarraycoil

MRIscan

Oblique coronal plane: parallel to the long axis of thesacrum-tangenttotheposteriorsurfaceofS2

Oblique axial plane: perpendicular to the coronalorienta6on

Localizer

OblcorT1 OblcorT1FS

OblaxialSTIR OblcorT2FSorSTIRorTIRMorPDFS

Recommendedsequences

CEOblcorT1FS

CEOblaxT1FS

Recommendedsequences

MRIprotocols

RecommendedSequences

FOV(cm)

Slicethickness(mm)

TR(ms)

TE(ms)

Matrix

OblcorT1 24-30 3(max4) 400-700 8-20 >350

OblcorT1FS 24-30 3(max4) 400-700 8-20 >350

OblcorT2fatsat 24-30 3(max4) 4000-6000 60-90 >350

OblcorSTIR 24-30 3(max4) 3000-6000 60-90 >350

OblaxialSTIR 20-25 3(max4) 3000-6000 60-90 >350

CEOblcorT1FS 24-30 3(max4) 400-700 8-20 >350

CEOblaxialT1FS 20-25 3(max4) 400-700 8-20 >350

•  AnneGretheJurik,Denmark•  EdwinOei,TheNetherlands•  KayGHerman,Germany•  MariusWick,Sweden

Contributors

ProjectCoordinators

•  ChiaraGiraudo,Italy•  HannesPlatzgummer,Austria