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1
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Unit of all mass

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Atoms

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Positive charge particle

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Proton

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Negative charged particle

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Electron

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Neutral or no charge particle

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Neutron

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Ability to attract iron, cobalt, nickel. Creates or induces dipoles

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Magnetism

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Magnetic fields characterized by own magnetic north and south poles

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Dipole

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Ability to attract or repel magnetic lines of force dependent on magnetic properties of electrons

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Magnetic susceptibility

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Paired electrons. Cancel each other out. Weakly attract or repel. Magnetic susceptibility of most human body tissues

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Diamagnetic

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Positive susceptibility. Attract and repel substances such as gadolinium, Methameglobin, free radicals. Marked reductions in T1 and T2 relaxation times

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Paramagnetic

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10
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Large positive susceptibility. Attract or repel substances such as hemosiderin and super paramagnetic iron oxide. Do not exhibit residual magnetism when external field removed

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Super paramagnetic

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Large positive magnetic susceptibility. Attracts iron and cobalt containing metals. Become magnetized and remain magnetized after being removed from magnetic field

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Ferromagnetic

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12
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Vector quantity. Symbolized by field or flux lines

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Magnetic fields

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13
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Measure flow an area of magnetic field

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Field or flux lines

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14
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Flow of energy, magnetic field flowing from north to south poles

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Flux

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15
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Ability to create work or change

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Force

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Characterized by strength and direction.

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Vector

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17
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Homogeneity of MRI magnet

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20-30 ppm

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18
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Symbol used to illustrate wavelength and frequency of EM energy

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Sine wave

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19
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Distance between two consecutive peaks

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Wave length

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20
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Signal height

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Amplitude

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A sudden loss of superconductivity with explosive boiling off of cryogen

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Quench

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22
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Small electromagnets that are adjusted after installation to correct for inhomogeneities in B0

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Shim coils

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Three pairs of small electromagnets that produce GMF. Perform spatial localization

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Gradient coils

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24
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Small devices place close to the patient’s body to transmit or receive

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Radio frequency coils

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25
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Electromagnetic coils, contain Fringe fields

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Active shielding

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26
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Structural steel within walls of MRI scan room, contain Fringe fields

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Passive shielding

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27
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Spin lattice relaxation, T1 relaxation, regrow the of Mz

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Longitudinal relaxation

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28
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Spin spin relaxation, T2 relaxation, decay of MXY

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Transverse relaxation

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29
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Regrowth of longitudinal magnetization. Time for MZ to recover 63% after 90° RF pulse

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T1 curve

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30
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Decay of transverse magnetization. Time for MXY to fall to 37% after 90° RF pulse

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T2 curve

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A time constant characterizing fast rate of transverse relaxation because of B0 inhomogeneities 

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T2 star affects

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32
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90° RF pulse followed by a 180° RF pulse

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Spin echo

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33
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Less than 90° RF pulse followed by a GMF

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Gradient echo

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34
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180° RF pulse followed by a 90° RF pulse

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Inversion recovery

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35
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To correct for t2* effects

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Employ 180° RF pulse

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36
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Short TR, short TE

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T1

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37
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Long TR, short TE

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PD

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38
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Long TR, long TE

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T2

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39
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Time interval between initial 180° inverting RF pulse and following 90° RF pulse

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Ti

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40
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Large F/A Greater than 45°

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T1 weighted

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41
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Small F/A less than 20°

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PD weighted 

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42
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Medium F/A greater than 20°, less than 45°

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T2 weighted

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43
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Tissues that benefit from proton density image

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Air/air containing structures, cortical bone

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44
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Have very little signal and appear dark, known as flow void

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Fast blood flow

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45
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Have hyperintense signal and appear bright

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Slow blood flow

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46
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Artifact occurs in the Read out/frequency or slice selection axes direction

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Chemical shift artifact

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47
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Effects are more noticeable with longer TE times

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Eddy currents

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48
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How are eddy currents solved

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Active gradient shielding

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49
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Gradient echo pulse sequences are more sensitive to this artifact

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Magnetic susceptibility artifact

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50
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Measured in watts per kilogram

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SAR

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51
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Maximum exposure to head and trunk

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3 Tesla

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52
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Maximum exposure to extremities

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5 Tesla

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53
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Whole body RF no more then

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0.4 W/KG

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54
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Head RF no more than

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3.2 W/KG

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55
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1 g of tissue RF maximum spatial peak of

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8W/KG

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56
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Contains the motor area which directs movement and two areas of speech

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Frontal lobe

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57
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Contains sensory area

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Parietal lobe

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58
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Contains auditory area and all factory lobe concerned with sense of smell

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Temporel lobe

59
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Contains a visual area

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Occipital lobe

60
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Conus medullaris location

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L1 – L2

61
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Aorta bifurcation located

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L3 – L4

62
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Thecal sac location

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S2

63
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A collection of many spinal nerves below the conus medullaris resembles a horse tail

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Cauda equina

64
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Rotator cuff consists of

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Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis

65
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Avascular necrosis of lunate of carpal bone. Most common in young adult men

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Kienbocks disease

66
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Cause muscle contractions, cardiac arrhythmias, Mild cutaneous sensation and visual light flashes

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Time varying magnetic fields (gradient)

67
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Orientation of the main magnet in a high field, superconducting, short bore magnet

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Horizontal

68
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Effects of TVMF include

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Peripheral nerve stimulation, acoustic damage/hearing loss, magneto phosphines

69
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The sequence has more of a detrimental effect on patients with regard to TVMF

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EPI/Echo planar imaging

70
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The time it takes for the gradient to reach its full amplitude

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Gradient rise time

71
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Rate of speed of ascent or descent of a gradient from zero to its maximum amplitude

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Gradient slew rate

72
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The time the gradients are on during a TR period

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Duty cycle

73
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Strength of a gradient over a specific distance

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Slew rate

74
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Low energy non-ionizing radiation

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Radio frequency

75
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Expressed in parts per million

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Magnetic field inhomogeneity

76
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More of a concern in fast spin Echo sequences due to multiple Echo train lengths. Potential increase in tissue heating

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RF heating

77
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Technique used to reduce MRI scan time. Requires the use of an array coil

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Parallel imaging

78
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Applying two gradients simultaneously during slice selection with produce an

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Oblique slice

79
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Multiple coil elements combined with multiple receiver channels make

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Phased array coil

80
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Coil construction from innermost to outer

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RF coil, gradient coil, shim coil, main magnet (RGSM)

81
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Purpose of shimming the magnet is

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To make the B0 field as homogenous as possible

82
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Intensity limit for static magnetic field in clinical use is

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4 Tesla

83
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Achieved by lining the scanner room walls with copper

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RF shielding

84
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Magnetic field of a typical scanner

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Horizontal

85
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Accomplished by lining the MR room with steel

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Passive shielding

86
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Super conducting windings within the MR scanner to reduce the Fringe field is defined as

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Active shielding

87
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Posterior to the vertebral body and consists of two pedicles and two laminae

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Vertebral arch

88
Q

In the lower extremity the medial side is the______and the lateral side is the_______

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Tibia, fibula (MT, LF)

89
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In the upper extremity the medial side is the_______and the lateral side is the_______

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Radius, ulna (MR, LU)

90
Q

Optimal view for ovaries

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Coronel

91
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Optimal view for uterus

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Sagittal

92
Q

To correct for Gibbs…

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Increase phase encodings

93
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Contrast in diffusion waited imaging depends on

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Degree of impairment of molecular mobility (water restriction), Brownian motion, direction of water diffusion

94
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The corpus callosum consists of

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White matter

95
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Longer ETL_____scan times

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Shorten

96
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increasing number of ETL can lead to

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Increase in blurring

97
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When gradient echo is selected for fast, breath hold dynamic contrast enhanced imaging of abdomen_______is utilized

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Spoiling

98
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gradient Echo sequences yields_____________

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T1 or T2* characteristics

99
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To null signal from a specific tissue using an inversion recovery sequence, TI should be

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69% of T1 relaxation of tissue

100
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Longer TE provides

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More T2 contrast, reduced SNR

101
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Increased TE _______ # of slices

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Decreases

102
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Increasing TR, ________ SNR and _______ # of slices

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Increase, increase

103
Q

After application of 90° RF pulse, protons begin to

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Precess in phase and tip into the transverse plane

104
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Increase TR,
Reduce phase matrix,
Increase FOV
Reduce/Narrow receiver bandwidth
Increase NEX/NSA
Reduce ETL

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Improve SNR

105
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Decrease TR
Reduce pixel size
Decrease FOV
Increase/widen receiver bandwidth
Decrease NEX
Increase ETL

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Negatively impact SNR

106
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Reducing FOV will

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Decrease SNR, but increase spatial resolution

107
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Reducing ETL will ________ scan time

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Increase

108
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Increase in TE will _______ SNR

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Decrease

109
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Reducing number of lines filled in k-space will

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Reduce phase encoding steps
Shorter scan time
Increase SNR
Decrease spatial resolution

110
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If phase encodings is increased, SNR

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Decreases

111
Q

Narrow receiver band will increase _____________

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Susceptibility artifact
Do not use with metal implants

112
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Steep slice select slope and narrow bandwidth yield

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Thin slice thickness

113
Q

Decrease TR
Increase ETL
Decrease NEX
Enabling half scan
Increasing parallel imaging factor

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Shorten scan times

114
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Increase TR
Decrease ETL
Increase NEX
Decrease parallel imaging factor

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Lengthen scan times

115
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Increasing the flip angle

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Increases SNR up to the Ernst angle

116
Q

Reducing the flip angle yields images with

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Less T1 information

117
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Reducing the TE yields images with

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Decreased T2 information

118
Q

Transmit bandwidths will affects the_________

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Slice thickness; which affects resolution and overall SNR

119
Q

Thin slice thickness is achieved through

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Steep, high amplitude slice select gradient
Narrow transmit bandwidth

120
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Receiver bandwidth affects the

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SNR & chemical shift

121
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Decreasing the receiver bandwidth will

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Increase chemical shift

122
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Collecting low frequency data points in k-space (high amplitude signal) at the start of a scan is known as

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Elliptic central K space filling

123
Q

During dynamic enhanced imaging, contest is administered and K space is filled with

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Centric K space

124
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TOF MRA use 

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T1 gradient echoes with TR and FA selections (to suppress signal from tissue and visualize flowing blood)

125
Q

PC MRA use

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T2 gradient echoes that rely on velocity induced phase shifts

126
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ADC
T1/T2 time
Specific proton density
Flow

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Intrinsic parameters

127
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TR
TE
FA
TI
ETL/turbo factor

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Extrinsic parameters

128
Q

Difference in chemical shift is

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3.5 ppm

129
Q

T1 time of fat at 1.5 T

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240 with null point of 160ms

130
Q

The biliary tree does not contain what?

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Splenic duct

131
Q

Islet cell tumor, scan?

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Pancreas

132
Q

Pre-saturation band for intracranial arterial

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Superior

133
Q

Velocity of flowing blood

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Phase contrast

134
Q

Branches of the abdominal arteries in order from proximal to distal are

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Celiac
Superior mesenteric
Renal
Inferior mesenteric
(CSRI)

135
Q

Imaging used for hemangiomas

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Delayed imaging

136
Q

Mitral/bicuspid valve lies between

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Left atrium and left ventricle

137
Q

Tri cuspid valve separates

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Right atrium and right ventricle

138
Q

The fastest vessel is the

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Aortic arch

139
Q

The descending aorta is next to

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Left atrium

140
Q

Most anterior chamber of the heart

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Right ventricle

141
Q

Most posterior chamber of the heart

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Left atrium

142
Q

Coronary arteries originate from

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Aortic root

143
Q

Collect data continuously during a cardiac cycle

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Cine sequences

144
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Best to evaluate cardiac infarction

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Perfusion cardiac imaging

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