Magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo
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MR
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Magnetic resonance
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MRA
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Magnetic resonance angiography
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MRCP
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Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
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MRE
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Magnetic resonance enterography
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MRI
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Magnetic resonance imaging
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MRS
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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MS
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Multiple sclerosis
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MSK
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Musculoskeletal
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MT
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Magnetization transfer
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MVS
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Multi‐voxel spectroscopy
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NEX
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Number of excitations
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NSA
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Number of signal averages
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NSF
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Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
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P
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Posterior
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PC
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Phase contrast
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PC‐MRA
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Phase contrast magnetic resonance angiography
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PD
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Proton density
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Pe
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Peripheral
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PEAR
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Phase encoding artefact reduction
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PET
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Proton emission tomography
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ppm
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Parts per million
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PRESS
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Point resolved spectroscopy
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PSIF
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Reverse FISP
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R
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Right
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RC
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Respiratory compensation
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REST
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Regional saturation technique
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RF
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Radio frequency
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ROI
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Region of interest
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RR
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R to R interval
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S
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Superior
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SAR
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Specific absorption rate
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SAT
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Saturation
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SE‐EPI
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Spin echo – echo planar imaging
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SNR
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Signal to noise ratio
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SPAMM
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Spatial modulation of magnetization
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SPGR
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Spoiled gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state
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SPIR
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Spectrally selective inversion recovery
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SS
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Single shot
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SS‐EPI
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Single‐shot echo planar imaging
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SSFP
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Steady‐state free precession
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SS‐FSE
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Single‐shot fast spin echo
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SS‐GRE‐EPI
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Single‐shot gradient echo EPI
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STEAM
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Stimulated echo acquisition mode
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STIR
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Short TAU inversion recovery
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SVS
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Single‐voxel spectroscopy
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SW
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Susceptibility weighted
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TE
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Time to echo
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TF
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Turbo factor
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TFE
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Turbo field echo
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TI
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Time to inversion
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TIA
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Transient ischaemic attack
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TLE
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Temporal lobe epilepsy
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TMJ
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Temporomandibular joint
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TOF
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Time of flight
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TOF‐MRA
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Time of flight magnetic resonance angiography
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TR
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Time to repeat
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True FISP
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Siemens version of balanced gradient echo
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TSE
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Turbo spin echo
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VENC
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Velocity encoding
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VNR
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Velocity to noise ratio
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VOI
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Volume of interest
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VQ
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Ventilation perfusion scan
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Table 1.2 Summary of slice prescription criteria.
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Area
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Plane
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Angle
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Prescription
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Coverage
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Brain
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Sagittal
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parallel to falx cerebri
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lateral borders of each temporal lobe
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foramen magnum to vertex and occiput to frontal lobe
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