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1
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How often should the cryogen level be checked?

A

daily

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What is the best imaging modality for soft tissue?

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Which imaging modality uses ionizing radiation, cross-sectional, from multiple points of view?

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CT

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Why would MRI be used instead of X-ray or CT?

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MRI generates a large variety of contrast

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Who develops the law of magnet induction?

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Faraday

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Which imaging modality uses ionizing radiation?

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x-ray

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Who develops the first magnet?

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Damadian

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What creates all the noise?

A

gradients (Lauterbur)

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What is the main magnet’s issue?

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projectiles

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What is the most commonly used imaging modality?

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x-ray

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What is PET?

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a medical imaging procedure that uses a radioactive isotope attached to glucose

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What is RF’s main issue?

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burns

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13
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What does a moving/changing magnetic create?

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current conductor

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Which imaging modality uses transducer on patient’s?

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ultrasound

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When do MRI tech press the “quench” button?

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only when it’s life or death

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16
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What do MRI tech do when there’s natural disaster?

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turn off the power, not “quench”

17
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Who regulates medical meds and machines?

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FDA

18
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What do MRI tech do when there’s flood/electrical fire?

A

press emergency button

19
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What happens when the patient is having cardiac arrest on the MRI table?

A

get them out first

20
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Why would CT be used instead of MRI?

A

it’s fast, best for blood vessels

21
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Does the RF have ionizing radiation?

A

no. it has non-ionizing radiation

22
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What is the fringe field in the context of MRI?

A

the stray magnetic field outside the bore of the magnet.

23
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What can the fringe field do?

A

pull ferromagnetic objects

24
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How many protons does hydrogen have?

A

1 proton

25
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How many neutrons does hydrogen have?

A

0

26
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How many electrons does hydrogen have?

A

1

27
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What is the basic hydrogen atom - a single proton circled by a single electron?

A

protium

28
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What is it called when an atom has same number of protons but different number or neutrons?

A

isotope

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