Part D: Artifacts Flashcards
1
Q
- The superimposition of signal that occurs when a LARGE FOV is acquired is known as:
a. Wrap around
b. Fold over
c. Aliasing
d. Partial volume averaging
A
d. Partial volume averaging
2
Q
- The superimposition that occurs when a SMALL FOV is acquired is known as all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Wrap around
b. Fold over
c. Aliasing
d. Partial volume averaging
A
d. Partial volume averaging
3
Q
- Motion is seen as a smearing in the:
a. Frequency-encoding direction
b. Phase-encoding direction
c. Slice-selection direction
d. a axis direction
A
b. Phase-encoding direction
4
Q
- Aliasing occurs because tissue outside the selected FOV is:
a. Undersampled
b. Oversampled
c. Not sampled
d. Too large
A
a. Undersampled
5
Q
- In order to compensate for aliasing:
a. The scan can be shortened
b. The FOV can be enlarged
c. An oversampling technique can be employed
d. b and c
A
d. b and c
6
Q
- Gibbs, or truncation, artifact is seen as:
a. Tissue that looks very similar to aliased tissue
b. A bright pixel in the center of the image
c. Dark lines between fat and water interfaces within the image
d. High and low signal intensity bands
A
d. High and low signal intensity bands
7
Q
- To correct for Gibbs artifact the:
a. Number of phase encodings is decreased
b. Number of phase encodings is increased
c. FOV is increased
d. TE is decreased
A
b. Number of phase encodings is increased
8
Q
- Chemical shift occurs because the:
a. System is undersampling the fat and water molecules
b. SNR is low
c. Fat and water precess at different frequencies
d. Tissue is undersampled in the frequency direction
A
c. Fat and water precess at different frequencies
9
Q
- Chemical shift becomes more obvious as the:
a. Transmitter bandwidth is increased
b. Receiver bandwidth is decreased
c. Receiver bandwidth is increased
d. Field strength of the magnet decreases
A
b. Receiver bandwidth is decreased
10
Q
- Magnetic susceptibility effects are more prominent with:
a. Gradient echo sequences
b. Spin echo sequences
c. Fast spin echo sequences
d. Inversion recovery sequences
A
a. Gradient echo sequences
11
Q
- Magnetic susceptibility effects are less prominant with:
a. Gradient echo sequences
b. Spin echo sequences
c. Fast spin echo sequences
d. Inversion recovery sequences
A
c. Fast spin echo sequences
12
Q
- Susceptibility effects can be reduced by:
a. Reducing the FOV
b. Reducing the TR
c. Reducing the TE
d. a and c
A
d. a and c
13
Q
- A leak in the RF shielding can appear as a:
a. Bright spot in the center of the image
b. ‘Zipper’ artifact in the frequency direction
c. Wet spot on the image
d. Ghost along the image’s edge
A
b. ‘Zipper’ artifact in the frequency direction
14
Q
- Flow artifacts can be reduced by:
a. Gradient moment nulling
b. Spatial presaturation pulses
c. Shortening the TE
d. All of the above
A
d. All of the above
15
Q
- A decrease in voxel volume leads to a decrease in:
a. Chemical shift
b. Aliasing
c. Partial volume averaging
d. a and c
A
d. a and c