Physics Flashcards
What is letter A?
Magnetic field strength
What is letter B?
Gyromagnetic ratio
10,000 Gauss= ❓Tesla
1
Iron & Iron-like substances that can generate a relatively strong magnetic field are?
Ferromagnetic
Substances with a very weak magnetic field are?
Paramagnetic
Substances that have no magnetic field are?
Diamagnetic
Hydrogen protons in the anti-parallel state are referred to as….?
Spin down and/or high energy spins
T1 relaxation is also known as…?
Spin lattice relaxtion
Pixel Area x Slice Thickness= ?
Voxel volume 3
Phase pix size X Freq. pixel size= ?
Pixel Area2
FOV/Matrix=?
Pixel Size
TR x Phase Matrix x NEX x #Slices= ?
3D gradient echo scan time
Divide by 1,000 to convert to seconds
TR x Phase Matrix x NEX / ETL = ?
FSE scan time
Divide by 1,000 to convert to seconds
TR x Phase Matrix x NEX= ?
Spin Echo scan time
Divide by 1,000 to convert to ms to seconds
FOV/Phase Matrix= ?
Pixe size dimensions
(Phase encoding direction)
FOV/Freq. Matrix= ?
Pixe size dimensions
(Freq. encoding direction)
T2 weighting & contrast are controlled by ____
TE (Echo Time)
Spatially locating (encoding) signal along the short axis of the slice is known as_____
Phase Encoding
Spatially locating (encoding) signal along the long axis of the slice is know as____
Freq. Encoding
M
How do T2 contrast agents work?
By shortening T2 decay time
How do T1 contrast agents work?
By shortening T1 recovery time
Proton density is____
the # of mobile hydrogen protons per unit volume of a tissue
Parameters that can be change/under our control are called___
Extrinsic contrast parameters
List the extrinisic contrast parameters
- TR
- TE
- TI
- ETL
- Flip Angle
- b-value
Parameters that cannot be chaged; are inherent to body tissue are called_
Intrinisic contrast parameters
List the intrinsic contrast parameters
- T1 recovery time
- T2 decay time
- Proton density
- Flow
- Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
T1 weighting/contrast are controlled by___
TR
A range of frequencies is known as__
Bandwidth
A range of freq. transmitted in an RF excitation pluse are known as___
Transmit Bandwidth
A range of freq. that are sampled during readout are known as___
Receive Bandwidth
The center of the bore of the magnet in all planes is known as___
Magnetic Isocenter
Magnetic homogeneity is___
Eveness of the magnetic field