Intro Flashcards
Volume coil transmitter and receiver? common structure? SNR? area large/ small? eg?
transceivers, quadrature, good SNR, large, body coil
linear phase array SNR? area large/ small? eg?
good SNR, large area, spine coil
volume phased array aka? advantage? # of coil=?
parallel imaging, dec scan time, reduction factor
surface coil SNR? area large/ small?
good SNR, small area near skin surface
methods to inc SNR in terms of:
- SE or GRE
- TR long or short
- TE long or short
- FA
- matrix coarse or fine
- FOV small or large
- slices thin or thick
- rBW narrow or wide
- NEX high or low
- use SE/ FSE
- long TR
- short TE
- FA 90°
- coarse matrix
- large FOV
- thick slices
- narrow rBW
- high NEX
SE
TR short ___, long ___
TE short ___, long ___
TR short 600-800, long 2000+
TE short <30, long 70+
FSE
TR short ___, long ___
TE short ___, long ___
ETL short ___, long ___
FSE
TR short 400-600, long 4000+
TE short <20, long 90+
ETL short 2-6, long 16+
IR T1 TR \_\_\_, \_\_\_ TE \_\_\_, \_\_\_ TI \_\_\_ ETL \_\_\_, \_\_\_
IR T1 TR long 3000+ TE short <20 TI 200-600 ETL short 2-6
STIR TR \_\_\_, \_\_\_ TE \_\_\_ TI \_\_\_, \_\_\_ ETL \_\_\_
STIR TR long 3000+ TE 60+ TI short 100-175 ETL 16+
FLAIR TR \_\_\_, \_\_\_ TE \_\_\_, \_\_\_ TI \_\_\_, \_\_\_ ETL \_\_\_
FLAIR TR long 9000+ TE long 80+ TI long 1700-2500 ms ETL 16+
Coherent GRE
TR ___, ___
TE ___, ___
FA ___
Coherent GRE
TR short <50
TE long 15+
FA 20-50°
Incoherent GRE
TR ___, ___
TE ___, ___
FA ___
Incoherent GRE
TR short <50
TE short min
FA 20-50°
Balanced GRE
FA ___
TR ___
TE ___
Balanced GRE
FA >40°
TR min
TE min
methods to inc CNR in terms of:
- contrast or no
- T1 or T2 or PD
- tissue signal
- flow
- contrast
- T2
- null tissues (STIR, FLAIR, MTC)
- enhance flow (eg. TOF)
four ways to suppress tissues
- sequences (STIR, FLAIR)
- chemical pre-saturation
- spectral pre-saturation (IR)
- dixon