| Protocol | Organ of interest | No of Patients | Country | Author |
| 3T MR system (MAGNETOM Skyra, Siemens) | Thoracic ducts | 10 | Korea | Young et al. [6] |
| 1.5 T, Gd-BOPTA heavily T2-weighted sequence 3D fast spoiled gradient-echo T1-weighted sequence with a fat-saturation technique | Review | 30 | Italy | Mazzei et al. [12] |
| Lymphoscintigraphy, Lymphangiography SPECT/CT, SPECT, US, MRL | All | Review | China | Xiong et al. [13] |
| GE, 1.5 T or 3.0 T, (Gd-BOPTA), Multi Hance The MR examination consists of 2 primary sequences. The first is a 3D heavily T2-weighted sequence | Peripheral lymphedema | NA | USA | Mitsumori et al. [16] |
| gadolinium-based contrast material T2-weighted imaging plays a complementary role to DCE MR lymphangiography in the assessment of CCLs | MRL | Review | USA | Chavhan et al. [21] |
| Preoperative and postoperative MRL Philips 3.0-T, Gd-BOPTA.3D fast spoiled gradient recalled echo T1-weighted images with a fat saturation technique(TR/TE: 3.5/1.7, flip angle: 25 | Male Genital Lymphedema | 37 | China | Lu et al. [22] |
| T Siemens, T2-weighted sequences and coronal FLASH (fast low-angles hot) T1-weighted spoiled gradient-echo sequences | Lower limb lymphoedema | NA | UK | White et al. [23] |
| For MR lymphangiography, a 3D THRIVE sequence (T1 high-resolution isotropic volume excitation, THRIVE) was performed. Pre- and post-contrast injection was done using the following parameters: TR/TE 23/2.1 ms; Flip angle 15˚; FOV 38 × 36 cm2; matrix size 760 × 720 | whole-body | 10 | China | Lu et al. [24] |
| T2-weighted MR sequence, bilateral inguinal lymph node injection of 2 mL of undiluted gadopentetate at a rate of 1 mL/min, and 60 minutes of MR imaging with T1-weighted high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution MR angiography | Animal | NA | USA | Dori et al. [25] |
| 3D MRI was performed with a 1.5-T whole-body scanner (Magnetom Vision Plus; Siemens) Patients were examined in a body array coil with a flip angle of 150˚ | whole-body | 39 | China | Liu et al. [26] |
| 3·0T MRI system with the imaging sequence of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. TD MRL images were obtained from subjects following an overnight fast and from the same subjects 3 - 4 h after ingestion of a high fat meal | Thorax | 19 | China | Chen et al. [27] |