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MRI pulse sequence abbreviations

Dr Yuranga Weerakkody et al.

spin echo sequences
- T1 - T1 weighted
  - IR : inversion recovery
- T2 - T2 weighted
  - RARE - rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement
  - HASTE - half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo
  - BLADE - proprietary name for periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) in MR systems from Siemens Healthcare^{TM 4}
- T2*
  - BOLD imaging - blood oxygen level dependent imaging
- TGSE - turbo gradient spin echo
GRE - gradient echo sequences
- 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
- 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
- DWI - diffusion weighted imaging
- ADC - apparent diffusion coefficient maps
SWI : susceptibility weighted imaging
inversion recovery sequences
- STIR - short tau inversion recovery
- FLAIR - fluid attenuated inversion recovery
- TIRM - turbo inversion recovery magnitude