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Nerve IV   Glossopharyngeal  
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Nerve X   Vagus  
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Nerve XI   spinal accessory  
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Nerve XII   hypoglossal  
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Nerve VIII   vestibulocochlear  
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Nerve VII   facial  
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Nerve VI   Abducens  
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Nerve V   Trigeminal  
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Nerve IV   Trochlear  
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Nerve III   oculomotor  
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Nerve II   Optic  
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Nerve I   Olfactory  
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QC test for low contrast spatial resolution   Circular image. Should be able to visualize 10 spokes  
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QC test for geometric accuracy ( Z)   Rectangular image showing triangles and rectangles  
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QC test for geometric accuracy (XY)   Circular image with the graph in the center  
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The sagittal dural sinuses drain into the   Internal jugular vein  
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A small FOV for a wrist exam would achieve   High spatial resolution  
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Bright signal in the prostate would indicate   Restricted diffusion  
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The prostate is posterior and inferior to the   Bladder  
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Hemosiderin Appears_______on T2 images   Hypointense  
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The two best planes for TOF of the subclavian artery‘s are   Axial and sagittal  
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Gradient echo fast breath hold dynamic contrast enhanced imaging of the abdomen utilize   Spoiling  
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Steady state imaging is   When there is leftover transverse magnetization (what occurs if the TR is less than T2/T2*)  
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_______ contrast is dependent on impairment of molecular mobility, sensitivity to Brownian motion, and direction of water diffusion   DWI  
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To compensate for FID   Increase NEX enable flow compensation  
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Tissues with a long T2 Time are bright on   T2 images  
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FDA approved oral contrast agent makes the bowel appear   T1 and T2 hypointense  
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DWI susceptibility in or around strong air tissue interfaces can be decreased by   Increasing the parallel imaging factor  
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______Is caused by interface of aliased signals at different phases   Moire  
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Parallel imaging artifacts can be compensated for by   Decreasing the parallel imaging factor Increasing FOV  
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Acquiring half of the data in the frequency direction   Partial or fractional echo  
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Using gradient moment nulling   Increases the minimum TE  
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Tissues with short T1 times are bright on   T1 images  
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_______Has a long T1 time and a short T2 time   Fat  
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______Has a long T1 time and a long T2 time   Water  
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High amplitude signal is found in The   Center of K space  
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Increasing the echo train length   Increases chances of blur  
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Increasing the number of excitations by 2   Increases SNR by the square root of two  
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Acquiring half of data in the phase direction   Half forurier or zero fill  
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Active shielding   Superconducting windings in the MRI scanner ( reduce fringe Field)  
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Gradient slew rate   The rate of ascent or descent from zero to maximum  
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Echo planer imaging sequences   Are more at risk for TVMF effects  
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Transmit gain   Evaluate accuracy of flip angles  
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On a 1 T, the frequency difference between fat and water is   147 HZ  
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The common iliac’s join to form the   Inferior vena cava  
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Pre-saturation bands for TOFMRA of the inferior vena cava would be placed   Superior  
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The vertebral arteries originate from the   Subclavian artery’s  
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Bloch   Discovered magnetic momentum  
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The first image of the human thorax was in the year   1977 (By the Damadian and team)  
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Discovered to DNMR, Fourier transform, and phase and frequency gradients   Ernst  
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fMRI was available in the year   1991  
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The Fourier equation   Is for heat transfer  
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Discovered how fields are Altered by each other with charges or currents   Maxwell  
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Developed the first rotating magnetic field   Tesla  
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#Of slices X slice thickness X slice gap =   Anatomic coverage equation  
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Pixel size equation for phase and frequency matrix multiplied =   Pixel area (answer in MM squared)  
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FOV/phase & FOV/frequency =   Pixel size (answer in A x B format)  
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When imaging a patient with metal hardware   Use thin slices, add NEX, small pixels for large matrix, no parallel imaging, wide rBW (decreases chemical shift), use STIR vs fat sat, use fast spin echo over gradient echo  
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Coil location in magnet from closest to patient to furthest from patient   Radio frequency coils, gradient coils, shim coils, main magnet  
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Doubling the magnetic field strength   Doubles the SNR  
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Pneumonic for cranial nerves   Oh, oh, oh to take a family vacation. Go Vegas south hardees  
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Administering gadolinium   Increases T1 weighting Increases SNR  
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Tissues with a_____are bright on T1 and tissues with a______are bright on T2   Short; long  
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Gadolinium only affects______protons   Water  
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60,000 / HR minus delay and trigger window   Available imaging time  
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60,000/HR   Effective TR  
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TR x Phase matrix x NEX x #of slices =   3-D gradient echo scan time  
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TR x phase matrix x NEX / ETL =   Fast spin echo scan time  
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TR x phase matrix x NEX =   Spin echo scan time  
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Calculate pixel area and x by slice thickness   Voxel volume (answer in MM cubed)  
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Increasing the TE   Decreases SNR increases T2 weighting Increases susceptibility/distortion  
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Large FOV   Decreases spatial resolution, increases SNR, no affect on scan time  
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Small FOV   Decreases SNR, increases spatial resolution, no effect on skin time  
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High NEX value   Increases spatial resolution, increases scan time, increases SNR  
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Low NEX value   Decreases spatial resolution decreases scan time decreases SNR, increases motion artifact  
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Increasing flip angle   Increases T1 weighting  
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Decreasing phase encodings   Decreases scan time, decreases spatial resolution, increases SNR  
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Artifacts that occur in the frequency direction   Chemical shift, zipper  
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Artifacts that occur in the phase direction   Motion, ghosting, zipper, parallel imaging, alaising  
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Artifacts in the slice selection direction   Chemical shift, partial voluming  
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Increasing parallel imaging factor   Decreases scam time, decreases chemical shift artifact, increases sharpness, decreases SNR  
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Decreasing receiver bandwidth by 2   Increases SNR by the square root of two  
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#Of shots and fast spin echo   # phase and coatings/ETL  
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Level two personnel   Those with extensive MR training  
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Level one personnel   Those with limited in MR training  
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Best plane for the ovaries is____and to the best plane for the uterus is_____   Coronel; sagittal  
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Edema is bright on T2 images because it has a   Long T2 time  
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Edema is dark on T1 images because it has   Long T1 time  
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Removal of signal from vessels   Spatial pre-saturation  
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Can increase the strength of the magnet by increasing the turns of wire in a   Superconducting magnet  
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Uses solenoid Surface coils   Permanent magnet with a vertical field  
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Narrow bandwidth   Increases SNR, increases spatial resolution, increases scan time, increases chemical shift  
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Wide bandwidth   Decreases SNR, decreases special resolution, decreases scan time, decreases chemical shift, decreases TE, increases sharpness  
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Transmit bandwidth can affect   Slice thickness, spatial resolution, SNR  
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Receiver bandwidth can affect   SNR and chemical shift  
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Collecting low frequency/ high amplitude signal at the start of the scan   Elliptic centric K space filling  
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During dynamic contrast enhanced imaging for vasculature, Cay spaces filled_______to ensure well visualized contrast   Centrically  
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TOF MRA   Uses T1 gradient echoes with TR and flip angle selections to suppress signal from stationary tissue, visualizing flowing blood by flow enhancement  
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PC MRA   Uses T2 gradient echo with perimeter selections that suppress stationary tissues and rely on velocity induced phase shift  
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Increasing the flip angle by 2   Increases RF absorption by four  
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Decreasing the field of view by two   Decreases voxel volume by four  
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Thin slices   Decrease SNR, increase spatial resolution  
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Thick slices   Increase SNR, decreased spatial resolution  
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Thin sliced gaps   Increase spatial resolution and SNR  
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Thick sliced gaps   Decrease special resolution and SNR  
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Decreasing the number of slices in volume imaging   Decreases SNR and decrease scan time  
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Small matrix   Decreased spatial resolution, increase SNR, decreased scan time  
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Large matrix   Increase spatial resolution, decrease SNR, increase scan time  
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Hi TR values   Increase Scan time, increase special resolution, increased number of slices, increase SNR, decrease T1 weighting  
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Low TR values   Decrease scan time, decrease spatial resolution, Decrease SNR, decrease the number of slices, increase T1 weighting  
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Active shimming   Adjustment of current within the shim coils for the purpose of achieving uniform fat suppression  
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Transverse magnetization   XY component at right angles to the main magnetic field  
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Net magnetization vector   Sum of the magnetization from a spin system  
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