Review Questions for MRI - Softcover

Roth, Carolyn Kaut

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444333909 ISBN 13: 9781444333909

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

** 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.

About this title

About the Author

Carolyn Kaut Roth, RT (R)(MR)(CT)(M)(CV) FSMRT, is a registered radiographer, who majored in physics at the University of Pennsylvania and received a clinical Master's degree (MSc) in Magnetic Resonance for Radiographers at Anglia Polytechnic Cambridge United Kingdom. She has served on MRI Educational Task forces for The American Council for Education with the Department of Education for the Federal Government of the United States. She is currently the CEO of Imaging Education Associates, which is an education services company serving the medical imaging industry with a focus on continuing education programs for radiographers.

William H. Faulkner, Jr., B.S.,R.T.(R)(MR)(CT) is MRI Education and Operations Consultant, William Faulkner Associates.

From the Back Cover

Question 31, page 13

All claustrophobic patients who are scheduled for MRI examinations should be:

a. Sedated
b. Forced to overcome their fear to complete the examination
c. Rescheduled for another day
d. Handled delicately so as not to compound their anxiety

Question 76, page 262

In order to produce a high-quality reformatted image, the:
a. Acquisition voxel should be as rectangular as possible
b. Patient must hold their breath for the entire scan
c. Acquisition voxel should be isotropic
d. Acquisition voxel should be anisotropic

In this new edition, the bestselling Review Questions for MRI has been thoroughly updated and extended to meet the needs of today's practicing and training MRI technologists who intend to sit for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) examination. It provides Q&As on topics listed in the content specifications provided by the ARRT and offers the user a comprehensive review of the principles and applications of MRI to prepare them for the examination.

• Completely revised and updated to reflect new ARRT guidelines for the MRI boards
• Written by leaders in the field of MRI education
• Extended format to encompass significant changes in MRI educational requirements, notably in patient care and imaging procedures
• Must-have self-assessment tool for independent study

From the Inside Flap

Question 31, page 13

All claustrophobic patients who are scheduled for MRI examinations should be:

a. Sedated
b. Forced to overcome their fear to complete the examination
c. Rescheduled for another day
d. Handled delicately so as not to compound their anxiety

Question 76, page 262

In order to produce a high-quality reformatted image, the:
a. Acquisition voxel should be as rectangular as possible
b. Patient must hold their breath for the entire scan
c. Acquisition voxel should be isotropic
d. Acquisition voxel should be anisotropic

In this new edition, the bestselling Review Questions for MRI has been thoroughly updated and extended to meet the needs of today's practicing and training MRI technologists who intend to sit for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) examination. It provides Q&As on topics listed in the content specifications provided by the ARRT and offers the user a comprehensive review of the principles and applications of MRI to prepare them for the examination.

• Completely revised and updated to reflect new ARRT guidelines for the MRI boards
• Written by leaders in the field of MRI education
• Extended format to encompass significant changes in MRI educational requirements, notably in patient care and imaging procedures
• Must-have self-assessment tool for independent study

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444333909
• ISBN 13: 9781444333909
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 368