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Question 1

T1

Answer 1

Fat is white
Water is black
Good detail

Question 2

T2

Answer 2

Fat s dark grey
Water is white
Good for edema

Question 3

PD (proton density)

Answer 3

Fat is light grey
Water is a little darker grey
Good for cartilage
Not very common

Question 4

FS PD FSE (fat suppressed proton density fast spin echo)

Answer 4

The fat is black
the water is bright
it’s good for bone marrow Adema synovial fluid tendons ligaments and cartilage evaluation

Question 5

Short T1 inversion recovery (STIR)

Answer 5

Fat is black
Water is bright
Takes longer than FS PD FSE
Good for bone marrow edema, synoval fluid, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage

Question 6

MRA Magnetic resonance angiography

Answer 6

Used to see vessels

Question 7

Which one of the following best describes an MR magnet with a magnetic strength of 0.5 - 1.0 Tesla:

Answer 7

Intermediate strength

Question 8

All of the following are contra indications to MR except

Answer 8

Prosthetic hip replacements

Question 9

Which one of the following best describes the time between excitation poses

Answer 9

TR

Question 10

Which one of the following is associated with GIRD

Answer 10

Posterior inferior glenohumeral ligament

Question 11

When describing two adjacent signals if one is darker than the other which one of the following best describes the darker signal

Answer 11

Hypointense

Question 12

Which one of the following is a fat suppressed image

Answer 12

STIR

Question 13

Fat such as Merrill is high signal, white on T1

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Annular tears seen in a lumbar disc herniation indicates a herniation is

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Which one of the following best describes the disc displacement involving 26-50% of the circumference of the desk

Answer 15

Broad-based

Question 16

Which one of the following best describes a disc herniation in which the base of the lesion is wider than the amount of tears extending into the Canal

Answer 16

Protrusion

Question 17

Free fragments can complicate which one of the following types of disc herniation’s

Answer 17

Sequestration

Question 18

all the following are true regarding a cute disc herniation

Answer 18

Positive no stress test such as SLR
Positive neurologic findings
Positive MR

Question 19

Which one of the following types of modic and play changes invariably associated with painful desks

Answer 19

Type one

Question 20

Which one of the following types of modic changes indicates the blood supply to the desk has been cut off

Answer 20

Type three

Question 21

All of the following are true regarding degenerative spondylolisthesis

Answer 21

Scleratogenous leg pain
Leg pain comes and goes
Very common

Question 22

Your patient slipped and fell onto the buttocks in a grocery store 24 hours before entering your office was local I significant pain at L1. Your x-rays show what appears to be a recent compression fracture and your DAC be our concurs. However, the grocery store is disputing that this is recent. Which one of the following would best be used to prove the fracture was recent:

Answer 22

MR

Question 23

Regarding a universal compression fracture, all of the following favor osteoporosis as the cause.

Answer 23

Focal involvement
No pedicle involvement
Posterior body convexity

Question 24

All of the following have been associated with syrinx formation

Answer 24

Cord tumor
Cord trauma
Idiopathic

Question 25

Which one of the following would best be used to evaluate a head trauma lesson 24 hours old one brain bleed is a possibility

Answer 25

CT

Question 26

You’ve been treating a whiplash patient for a week she is experiencing worsening headaches and her cognitive skills seem to be diminishing. What should you consider and what should you order?

Answer 26

Sub Dural bleed, MR

Question 27

Which one of the following studies measures the speed of water molecules

Answer 27

Diffusion weighted MR

Question 28

Diffusion MR can detect an acute stroke or conventional MRI does not

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Are Tarlov cysts clinically significant?

Answer 29

No

Question 30

Mixed circular areas of increased signal intensity seen in the meniscus of the knee is consistent with which one of the following

Answer 30

Type I meniscus

Question 31

Which one of the following is most likely to act I denticle to and a cute disc herniation in the lumbar spine

Answer 31

Synovial cyst

Question 32

A patient you have been treating for years comes in complaining of a severe headache unlike anything I’ve ever had before. They are speaking normally have normal tongue movement and can raise both arms without a problem. Which one of the following is the most likely cause

Answer 32

Vertebral artery dissection

Question 33

Which of the following are associated with the acronym slap lesion

Answer 33

Superior Labral Anterior

Question 34

Slap lesions are often associated with chronic overhead throwing injury such as in a baseball pitcher

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Which one of the following meniscal patterns in the knee indicates predisposition to a true tear

Answer 35

Type II

Question 36

Which one of the following would be the most likely place to see bone bruises on sagittal MRI images of the knee with an acute ACL tear

Answer 36

Anterior lateral femoral condyle, posterior lateral tibia

Question 37

Which one of the following is most affected in jumpers knee

Answer 37

Patellar tendon

Question 38

Which one of the following is most likely to result in an anterior labral tear of the shoulder

Answer 38

Anterior inferior shoulder dislocation

Question 39

Regarding the meniscus of the knee, which one of the following is best described as a linear area of increased signal which extends to an articular surface

Answer 39

Type III

Question 40

Which one of the following minutes ago patterns represents a true meniscal tear

Answer 40

Type III

Question 41

Use of contrast in the shoulder increases the chance of seeing labral tears

Answer 41

True