4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Basic Terminology
READING AN MRI KNEE
READING AN MRI SPINE
Spreading the knowledge
5. BASIC TERMINOLOGY
SCOUT FILM
TE= TIME TO ECHO
TR= TIME TO REPEATATION
T1 WEIGHTED IMAGE
T2 WEIGHED IMAGE
PD PROTON DENSITY IMAGE
FAT SUPPRESION SEQUENCES:
i. STIR: Short Tau Inversion
Recovery
ii. FAT SAT= FAT SATURATION
6.
7. Scout Film: 1st reference film at the superior
corner of an MRI scan/film.
TE:=TIME TO ECHO: When a second
radiofrequency pulse is applied after the first one
is turned off, the time duration b/w the 1st wave
and the echo formation is termed TE:
Reference Value: 60
TR=Time to Repetition: Time between beginning
of pulse sequence and the beginning of the
succeeding pulse sequence
Reference Value: 1000
9. FAT SUPPRESION SEQUENCES:
STIR AND FAT SATURATION IMAGES:
Can be applied to T1, T2 and PD weighed images
IMPORTNCE: USED TO IMPROVE TISSUE
CONTRAST BY SUPPRESSING THE RESPONSE
FROM HYDROGEN CONTAINING FAT
TISSUE(mostlyCH2) COMPARED TO
WATER(H2O)CONTAINING TISSUE.