Review Questions for MRI

Description

** New revised second edition now available, with errors corrected and content fully updated **  The second edition of the classic text has been revised and extended to meet the needs of today’s practising and training MRI technologists who intend to sit for the American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (ARMRIT) examination. It provides Q&As on topics listed in the content specifications offered by the American Registry for Radiologic Technologists (AART) and offers the user with a comprehensive review of the principles and applications of MRI to prepare them for the examination. Cover Title page Copyright page Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part A: Patient Care in MRI Introduction The safety component of the MRI Boards (post primary examination and/or primary examination) General patient care MRI screening and safety Part A: Questions Legal and ethical principles Patient assessment, monitoring, and management Interpersonal communications Infection control MRI screening and safety Part A: Answers Part B: Imaging Procedures Introduction MRI of the head and neck MRI of the spine MRI of the thorax MRI of the abdomen and pelvis MRI of the musculoskeletal system Part B: Questions MRI of the head and neck MRI of the spine MRI of the thorax MRI of the abdomen and pelvis MRI of the musculoskeletal system Part B: Answers Discussion for brain imaging by MRI Discussion for spine imaging by MRI Discussion for thorax imaging by MRI Discussion for cardiac gating or triggering Discussion for cardiac imaging by MRI Discussion for spin echo and gradient echo imaging by MRI Discussion for breast MRI Discussion for abdominal motion/artifact Part C: Data Acquisition and Processing Introduction Part C: Questions Pulse sequences Data manipulation Special procedures Sequence parameters and options Part C: Answers Part D: Physical Principles of Image Formation Introduction Part D: Questions Instrumentation Fundamentals Artifacts Quality control Part D: Answers MRI Calculations Isotropic voxel (3D acquisitions) Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations