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Which material is commonly used for passive magnetic shielding within the walls of the MRI room?

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Iron

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For adults, what is the current FDA guideline limit for exposure to a magnetic field?

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8 Tesla

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For infants less than one month, what is the current FDA guideline limit for exposure to a magnetic field?

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4 Tesla

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What material is used for RF shielding?

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Copper

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The FDA guideline limits SAR for the head to

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3.2 W/k

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The FDA guideline limits SAR averaged over the whole body to:

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4.0 W/kg

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The normal operating mode with limit to the whole body SAR average to no greater than:

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2.0 W/kg

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Increasing the flip angle from 45 degrees to 90 degrees will increase SAR by a factor of:

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4

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Which sequence is of most concern with regard to SAR?

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Fast Spin Echo

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The magnetic field of the hydrogen proton is known as:

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The magnetic moment

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Hydrogen protons in the low energy spin state are said to have their magnetic moment:

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Aligned with the direction of the external magnetic field.

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Within a few seconds of being placed in a magnetic field, the hydrogen protons reach a condition known as:

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Thermal equilibrium

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Properties of T2 relaxation

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Spin-Spin
Exchange of energy among spins
63% decay transverse magnetization

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Properties of T1 relaxation

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Spin-Lattice
Spins give up/lose energy
63% of longitudinal magnetization has recovered

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T2 relaxation times are mostly expressed in:

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Milliseconds

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Increasing the flip angle from 90 to 180 degrees requires how much of an increase in RF power?

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4 times

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T1 parameters for TR and TE

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TR: 400-700 ms
TE: 25ms or less

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T2 parameters for TR and TE

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TR: 3000ms or higher
TE: 80-120 ms

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Proton Density parameters for TR and TE

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TR: 3000ms or higher
TE: 25ms or less

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To obtain a TE which is “out of phase”, which type of pulse sequence would be selected?

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Gradient echo

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Ina gradient echo sequence, T1 weighting can be controlled by:

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Both flip angle and TR

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To produce a T1 weighted image using an extremely short TR, which gradient echo sequences would be selected?

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Spoiled gradient echo

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Decreasing flip angle does what to saturation

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Decreased FA=Decreased saturation

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The Maine function of Fourier transform in MR image reconstruction is to:

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Convert time domain to frequency domain

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Slice thickness is affected by the ____ of the slice selecting gradient.
Amplitude
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What also affects slice thickness besides amplitude?
Transmit Bandwidth
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Increasing which of the following will result in a direct increase in scan time? A.Frequency matrix B. Slice thickness C.Phase matrix D. Transmit bandwidth
Phase matrix
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Increasing the NSA results in:
Reduction in noise
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With regard to raw data, the data points which provide the greatest signal contribution are:
Low frequencies
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Where in k-space is high frequency data?
Outer
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With regard to raw data, edge detail is provided by
high frequencies
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In a 3D FFT acquisition, SNR is proportional to
The square root of the number of slices.
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Reformatting image data into another plane is done through a process known as
MPR
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Which scan time reduction technique may require a reference or calibration scan prior to the actual acquisition?
Parallel Imaging
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Spin Echo EPI is most often used to acquire which type of MR studies?
Diffusion weighted images
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Decreasing matrix size does what to distortion artifacts?
Decreasing matrix=Decreased distortion artifacts
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When each gradient is applied: Slice selection Phase Encoding Frequency encoding
Slice-During RF pulse Phase-During FID Frequency-During sampling of echo
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Low frequencies= ? Signal ? Contrast
Low Frequency = High Signal High Contrast
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High frequencies= ? Signal ? Edge Detail ? Noise
High Frequency= Low Signal High Edge detail High Noise
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Sense vs. Smash Technique
Sense-Utilizes calibration technique Smash-Utilizes data from raw scan to reconstruct image (no calibration scan)
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Half Fourier or Partial Fourier does what to spatial resolution and noise
Spatial Resolution not affected Noise is increased
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Reducing TR = ? Saturation
Reducing TR = Increase in saturation ( Less signal-Not enough time to recover)
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Following the injection of gad, which technique is not recommended?
STIR
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Which technique of fat suppression can be successfully utilized at all field strengths following the injection of gad?
Dixon Method
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Reducing the slice thickness by a factor of 2, will reduce the voxel volume by a factor of
2
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Reducing the FOV by a factor of 2 will reduce the voxel volume by a factor of
4
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Truncation artifact can be reduced by
Increasing the number of high frequency samples
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Utilizing a gradient echo sequence, which parameter is adjusted to produce an out of phase image?
TE
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Chemical shift is seen along which direction?
Frequency encoding direction
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To reduce magnetic susceptibility, do what to receiver bandwidth?
Increase receiver bandwidth to decrease magnetic susceptibility
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Increase FOV 2 = ?Signal ?Noise
Increase FOV 2= Increase Signal 4 -Noise
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Increase Slice thickness 2= ?Signal ?Noise
Increase Slice thickness 2= Increase Signal 2 -Noise
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Increase NSA 2= ?Signal ?Noise
Increase NSA 2= -Signal Decrease Noise sq root 2
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Increase Receiver Bandwidth 2= ?Signal ?Noise
Increase Receiver Bandwidth 2= -Signal Increase Noise sq root 2
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In a spin echo, normal flow will appear as:
A Signal Void
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In a gradient echo, normal flow will appear as:
High signal
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The contrast mechanism for time of flight is
Flow related enhancement
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2D TOF TR and Flip angle
Short TR and high flip angle
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Optimum signal due to flow is achieved when the blood flow is
Perpendicular to the slice plane
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Name the disadvantage of 3D TOF
Best for imaging slow flow
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Advantage of 2D TOF
Larger Voxel Volumes lead to large coverage
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The contrast mechanism for phase contrast MRA is:
Velocity induced phase shifts
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Which pulse sequence is commonly utilized for CE-MRA?
Spoiled Gradient Echo
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Which pulse sequence is most commonly used for Diffusion?
Spin Echo EPI
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Which sequence is most commonly used to acquire a perfusion study utilizing a bolus of gad?
gradient echo EPI

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