Intro Flashcards

1
Q

Volume coil transmitter and receiver? common structure? SNR? area large/ small? eg?

A

transceivers, quadrature, good SNR, large, body coil

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2
Q

linear phase array SNR? area large/ small? eg?

A

good SNR, large area, spine coil

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3
Q

volume phased array aka? advantage? # of coil=?

A

parallel imaging, dec scan time, reduction factor

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4
Q

surface coil SNR? area large/ small?

A

good SNR, small area near skin surface

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5
Q

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
A
  • use SE/ FSE
  • long TR
  • short TE
  • FA 90°
  • coarse matrix
  • large FOV
  • thick slices
  • narrow rBW
  • high NEX
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6
Q

SE
TR short ___, long ___
TE short ___, long ___

A

TR short 600-800, long 2000+

TE short <30, long 70+

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7
Q

FSE
TR short ___, long ___
TE short ___, long ___
ETL short ___, long ___

A

FSE

TR short 400-600, long 4000+
TE short <20, long 90+
ETL short 2-6, long 16+

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8
Q
IR T1
TR \_\_\_, \_\_\_
TE \_\_\_, \_\_\_
TI \_\_\_
ETL \_\_\_, \_\_\_
A
IR T1
TR long 3000+
TE short <20
TI 200-600
ETL short 2-6
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9
Q
STIR
TR \_\_\_, \_\_\_
TE \_\_\_
TI \_\_\_, \_\_\_
ETL \_\_\_
A
STIR
TR long 3000+
TE 60+
TI short 100-175
ETL 16+
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10
Q
FLAIR
TR \_\_\_, \_\_\_
TE \_\_\_, \_\_\_
TI \_\_\_, \_\_\_
ETL \_\_\_
A
FLAIR
TR long 9000+
TE long 80+
TI long 1700-2500 ms
ETL 16+
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11
Q

Coherent GRE
TR ___, ___
TE ___, ___
FA ___

A

Coherent GRE
TR short <50
TE long 15+
FA 20-50°

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12
Q

Incoherent GRE
TR ___, ___
TE ___, ___
FA ___

A

Incoherent GRE
TR short <50
TE short min
FA 20-50°

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13
Q

Balanced GRE
FA ___
TR ___
TE ___

A

Balanced GRE
FA >40°
TR min
TE min

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14
Q

methods to inc CNR in terms of:

  • contrast or no
  • T1 or T2 or PD
  • tissue signal
  • flow
A
  • contrast
  • T2
  • null tissues (STIR, FLAIR, MTC)
  • enhance flow (eg. TOF)
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15
Q

four ways to suppress tissues

A
  1. sequences (STIR, FLAIR)
  2. chemical pre-saturation
  3. spectral pre-saturation (IR)
  4. dixon
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16
Q

3 ways to inc res

A
  • thin slices
  • fine matrix
  • small FOV
17
Q

3 ways to dec scan time

A
  • short TR
  • coarse phase matrix
  • low NEX
18
Q

3D imaging

- has extra freq or phase encoding along slice dir?

A

phase

19
Q

3D imaging scan time depends on?

A

TR, matrix, NEX, # of slices

20
Q

3D imaging needs what IO?

A

oversampling to avoid wrap

21
Q

advantages and disadvantages of inc TR?

A
  • inc SNR and slice #

- inc scan time and dec T1 contrast

22
Q

advantages and disadvantages of inc TE?

A
  • inc T2 contrast

- dec SNR

23
Q

advantages and disadvantages of inc NEX?

A
  • inc SNR and less motion artifact

- inc scan time

24
Q

advantages and disadvantages of inc slice thickness?

A
  • ins SNR and coverage

- dec res

25
Q

advantages and disadvantages of inc FOV?

A
  • inc SNR and coverage

- dec res and aliasing more likely

26
Q

advantages and disadvantages of inc matrix?

A
  • inc res

- dec SNR and inc scan time

27
Q

advantages and disadvantages of inc rBW?

A
  • dec min TE and chem shift

- dec SNR

28
Q

FSE pulses

A

FSE:

- 90° excitation pulse followed by several 180° rephasing pulses

29
Q

SS-FSE aka?

A

HASTE

long ETL to fill k-space in one shot with half-Fourier (acquire only half and transpose the other half

30
Q

intensity of fat on T2 FSE?

A

bright

31
Q

muscle intensity on T2 FSE? why?

A

darker due to MT

32
Q

what artifact is prone with FSE with long ETL? how to reduce and what is trade off?

A
  • blurring

- dec FOV in phase dir or use broader rBW but dec SNR