The precessional frequency of hydrogen at 1.5 telsa is
42.6MHz
63.86MHz
63.86KHz
21.28KHz
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The coils used to alter the magnetic field during scanning are known as the
RF receive coils
RF transmit coils
Shim coils
Gradient coils
The precessional frequency of hydrogen nuclei that experience increased magnetic field strength due to gradient coils
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
The precessional frequency of hydrogen nuclei that experience decreased magnetic field strength due to gradient coils
There are how many pairs of gradient coils in a standard MRl system
1 pair
2 pairs
3 pairs
4 pairs
The Z gradient alters the magnetic field strength along which axis
Horizontal axis
Vertial axis
Long axis
Short axis
The Y gradient alters the magnetic field strength along which axis
Vertical axis
The X gradient alters the magnetic field strength along which axis
The center of the magnet where the magnetic field strength remains unchanged even during the application of gradient magnetic fields is known as the
Pericenter
Isocenter
Monocenter
None of above
The three primary functions that gradients perform during MR scanning are
Slice selection, RF application, Frequency encoding
Phase encoding, Frequency encoding, RF application
Slice selection, Phase encoding, Frequency encoding
None of the above
During slice selection, the Z gradient is used to select slices in which plane
Coronal
Axial
Saggital
During slice selection, the X gradient is used to select slices in which plane
During slice selection, the Y gradient is used to select slices in which plane
During the acquisition of sagittal images with the frequency direction S/I, phase encoding is conducted by which physical gradient
X gradient
Y gradient
Z gradient
During the acquisition of coronal images with the frequency direction S/I, phase encoding is conducted by which physical gradient
During the acquisition of axial images of the brain with the frequency direction A/P, phase encoding is performed by which physical gradient
During the acquisition of axial images of the body with the frequency direction L/R, phase encoding is performed by which physical gradient
During the acquisition of sagittal images with the phase direction A/P, frequency encoding is performed by which physical gradient
During the acquisition of coronal images with the phase direction L/R, frequency encoding is conducted by which physical gradient
During the acquisition of axial images of the body with the phase direction A/P, frequency encoding is performed by which physical gradient
During the acquisition of axial images of the brain with the phase direction L/R, frequency encoding is performed by which physical gradient
In MR imaging, slice thickness is determined by which factor(s)
Magnet field strength
Gradient slope slice select
Transmit bandwidth
Gradient slope slice select and Transmit bandwidth
In MRI, thin slices are achieved by applying a _______ gradient slope or a ______ bandwidth
Shallow, broad
Steep, narrow
Shallow, narrow
In MRI, thick slices are achieved by applying a ________ gradient slope or a _______ bandwidth
The range of frequencies that is sampled during frequency encoding is known as the
Receive bandwidth
Gradient slope
None the above
The range of frequencies that is transmitted by the RF pulse is known as the
In MR imaging, the interslice gap is determined by which factor(s)
Slice selection gradient slope
Slice thickness
External magnetic field strength
Slice selection gradient slope & Slice thickness
The gradient that is turned on during the application of the 90 degree excitation pulse and the 180 degree RF pulse is known as
Slice selection gradient
Phase encoding gradient
Frequency encoding gradient
The gradient that is turned on during signal sampling is known as the
The gradient that is turned on just before the 180 degree rephasing pulse is known as the
The amplitude ofthe phase and frequency encoding gradients determines the dimension of what parameter
FOV
TR
TE
NEX
The frequency encoding gradient is also known as the _______ because it is turned on during the sampling of signal
Refocusing gradient
Spoiler gradient
Readout gradient
The theorem that states that a frequency must be sampled at least twice in order to reproduce it reliably is known as the
Pathagarum theorem
Nyquist theorem
Larmor theorem
Fourier theorem
The rate at which signal samples are taken during frequency encoding is known as the
Readout rate
Frequency rate
Sampling rate
During the sampling of signal, the sampling rate is directly proportional to the
Sampling time
During the sampling of the signal, the sampling time is inversely proportional to
Sampling rate & Receive bandwidth
The spacial location of signal according to its precessional phase is known
Slice selection
Phase encoding
Frequency encoding
Readout
The spacial location of signal according to its precessional frequency is known as
Spoiling
The area within the array processor where spatially located information is stored is known as
Interspace
Array space
Fourier space
K space
The magnitude of the phase shifts between two points within a patient is determined by which factor
Slope of the frequency encoding gradient
Slope of the phase encoding gradient
Strength of the RF pulse
The process that uses mathematical conversions to calculate the amplitude of individual frequencies is known as
Fast Fourier Transformation
Free induction decay
Lamor equation
The number of times each signal is sampled with the same value of the phase encoding gradient is known as
Number of signal averages
Number of excitations
Number of signal quotients
All of the above
The higher the number of excitations that are acquired the more K space that is filled
True
False
In conventional spin echo sequences, how many phase encoding steps must be selected to fill 128 lines of K space
64
128
192
256
In conventional spin echo sequences, how many phase encoding steps must be selected to fill 256 lines of K space
Which parameter(s) effect total scan time
Repetition time
Number of phase encoding steps
During a conventional spin echo pulse sequence, each slice is selected, phase encoded, and frequency encoded once per TR
The horizontal axis of K space represents which axis of the image (with corrected answer)
The vertical axis of K space represents which axis of the image (with corrected answer)
The area of K space filled with the shallowest phase encoding slopes is known as
Central lines
Outer lines
Negative lines only
The area of K space that is filled with the steepest phase encoding gradient slopes is known as
Positive lines only
Image data along both the phase and frequency axis with the highest signal amplitude is stored in which area of K space
Image data along both the phase and frequency axis with the lowest signal amplitude is stored in which area of the K space
When the phase encoding gradient is activated, steep slopes produce what type of signal amplitude
High
Low
Medium
When the phase encoding gradient is activated, shallow slopes produce what type of signal amplitude
When the phase encoding gradient is activated, medium slopes produce what type of signal amplitudes
When the amplitude of the phase encoding gradient increases, the amount of phase shift along the gradient
When the phase encoding gradient is activated, steep slopes produce data with what type of spatial resolution
Image data with high spatial resolution is stored in which area of K space
Image data with low spatial resolution is stored in which area of K space
The process of filling K space by sampling only half of the echo and interpolating the rest is known as
Fractional echo
Gradient echo
Partial echo
Fractional echo & Partial echo
The process of filling only a percentage of K space with acquired data and filling the rest with zeros is known as
Partial saturation
Partial averaging
Partial voluming
Which method of image acquisition acquires all of the data from one slice before acquiring data from the next slice
Sequential
2D volumetric
3D volumetric
Which method of image acquisition fills one line of K space for each slice in the sequence before it moves to the second line of K space
Which method ofimage acquisition acquires data from an entire volume of tissue, then uses a method called slice encoding to separate the images
The thickness of an MRI image can be changed by which of the following methods
Altering the gradient slope
Changing the number of excitations
Altering the RF bandwidth
Altering the gradient slope & Altering the RF bandwidth
The term used to describe a volume element is known as
Pixel
Pixie
Voxel
Picture element
The number of picture elements used to make up an image is known as
Contrast
Matrix
Signal to noise
The ability to distinguish one structure from another on an image is known as
Spatial resolution
Contrast to noise
The term used to describe a picture element is known as a
Image element
Volume element
The size of the area being displayed on an MR image is known as
Field of view
Voxel size
Pixel size
The depth of a volume element is determined by what parameter
The height and width of a picture element is determined by what parameter(s)
Size of the FOV
Number of frequency encoding steps
A volume element that has the same height, width, and depth is known as
Rectangular
Isotropic
Triangular
Anisotropic
A voxel that is unequal in height, width, and depth is known as
Squared
Three characteristics commonly used to define the quality of an MRl image are
Contrast, Resolution, Matrix
Resolution, Contrast, Signal to Noise
Signal to Noise, Excitations, Contrast
Resolution, Matrix, Signal to Noise
The difference in brightness between two regions of an image is known
Image contrast
Bright pixels on an MRI image represent what type of signal
Weak
The clarity with which different areas of an image are distinguished is known as
The proportion of signal actually used to construct an image relative to the amount of background noise is known as
Signal to noise ratio
An image with a grainy appearance usually represents an image with
High resolution
Low signal to noise
High signal to noise
Low resolution
Noise that degrades image quality in a specific location within an MRI image is known as
Inherent noise interference
Random noise interference
Discrete noise interference
Noise that generally degrades overall quality of an MRI image is known
Which of the following is a parameter that directly affects signal to noise ratio
The term "Trade-off parameters" is used to describe parameters that affect each other inversely
When magnetic field strength increases, signal to noise ratio
When voxel size decreases, signal to noise ratio
When pixel size increases, signal to noise ratio
When bandwidth is increased, signal to noise ratio
When repetition time is increased, signal to noise ratio
When echo time is increased, signal to noise ratio
When field of view decreases, spatial resolution
When field of view is increased, signal to noise ratio
When the number of excitations is increased, spatial resolution
When image matrix is increased, spatial resolution
When slice thickness is increased, signal to noise ratio
When slice spacing increases, signal to noise ratio
When image matrix is decreased, spatial resolution
When TE is decreased, the spatial resolution
When TR is increased, acquisition time
When the number of excitations is decreased, acquisition time
When image matrix increases, acquisition time
With the parameters given, which protocol gives the highest signal to noise ratio
Long TR/Short TE/High matrix
Short TR/Long TE/Low matrix
Long TR/Long TE/High matrix
Long TR/Short TE/Low matrix
With the parameters given, which protocol gives the highest spatial resolution
Thick slice/Large FOV/High matrix
Thin slice/Large FOV/High matrix
Thin slice/Small FOV/Low matrix
Thin slice/Small FOV/High matrix
With the parameters given, which protocol has the longest acquisition time
Long TR/Low NEX/Low matrix
Short TR/High NEX/Low matrix
Short TR/Low NEX/High matrix
Long TR/High NEX/High matrix
Thick slice/Low TE/Large FOV
Thin slice/High TE/Small FOV
Thick slicelHigh TE/Small FOV
Thin slice/Low TE/Small FOV
As bandwidth increases, sampling time
As bandwidth decreases, sampling time
Which of the following 'logical' gradients is known as the frequency encoding gradient
Which of the following 'logical' gradients is known as the phase encoding gradient
Which of the following 'logical' gradients is known as the slice selection gradient
In plane pixel size can be determined by which of the following methods
Dividing the FOY by the number phase and frequency steps
Dividing the NEX by the FOV
Dividing the TR by the NEX
Dividing the TR by the slice thickness
Which of the following is the formula for determining scan time for a 3D FT pulse sequence
TR x NEX x phase steps x number of slices
TR x NEX x phase steps
NEX x TR x number of slices
TR x phase steps x number of slices