Real Time SAT

Real Time SAT applies saturation pulses during Real Time acquisitions if the Fluoro Trigger Imaging Option is selected. Real Time SAT improves the contrast between the bolus and the surrounding tissue.

• It is only available on systems that have iDrive Pro Plus.
• Enter 1 when an axial image is used to monitor contrast in-flow on the Real Time image. This places the SAT bands outside and parallel to the slice during the Real Time scan. The SAT bands move with the slice in real time to suppress blood vessel signal perpendicular to the imaging slice.
• Enter 0 when a sagittal or coronal plane is used to monitor contrast bolus. This places the SAT bands at the edge of the scan FOV, typically along superior to inferior direction during the Real Time scan.
• Enter 2 when a sagittal or coronal plane is used to monitor contrast bolus. This enables large blood vessel signal suppression by employing a thick slab projection dephaser during the Real time scan.
• Enter 3 when a sagittal or coronal plane is used to monitor contrast bolus. Background and blood vessel signal is suppressed with an inversion recovery pulse during the Real time scan.