| Question 1: DSA is usually accomplished.
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| Reference: | R. A. Kruger and S. J. Riederer: Basic Concepts of Digital Subtraction Angiography |
| Choice A: | With intravenous gadolinium injection. |
| Choice B: | With intravenous iodine injection. |
| Choice C: | With intra-arterial iodine injection. |
| Choice D: | Without contrast injection. |
| Question 2: TRICKS is a magnetic resonance angiography technique that:
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| Reference: | Koresec et al, Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced 3D MR Angiography, MRM, Vol. 36:345(1996).
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| Choice A: | Is exclusively done with radial acquisition. |
| Choice B: | Initially provided an acceleration factor of 10. |
| Choice C: | Is done with intravenous gadolinium injection. |
| Choice D: | Currently provides a frame rate of 30 per second. |
| Question 3: 4D DSA: |
| Reference: | C. A. Mistretta, Sub-Nyquist acquisition and constrained reconstruction in time resolved angiography, Med. Phys., Vol.38(6):2975(2011). |
| Choice A: | Is accomplished using conventional X-Ray CT apparatus. |
| Choice B: | Is accomplished using a single C-arm rotation. |
| Choice C: | Is accomplished using mask and contrast enhanced C-arm rotations. |
| Choice D: | Typically provides 10 volumetric time frames per rotation. |
| Question 4: Which of the following were terms used to describe Dr. Mistretta’s work that later became known as DSA:
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| Reference: | R. A. Kruger and S. J. Riederer: Basic Concepts of Digital Subtraction Angiography |
| Choice A: | Computerized fluoroscopy. |
| Choice B: | Digital video subtraction angiography. |
| Choice C: | Intravenous video arteriography. |
| Choice D: | Computerized arteriography. |
| Choice E: | All of the above. |
| Question 5: Clinical indications for time-resolved MRA using TRICKS include all of the following except:
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| Reference: | Koresec et al, Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced 3D MR Angiography, MRM, Vol. 36:345(1996).
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| Choice A: | Evaluating lower extremity vascular disease. |
| Choice B: | Evaluation of subclavian steel syndrome. |
| Choice C: | Determining the significance of coronary occlusive disease. |
| Choice D: | Evaluation of arterial-venous malformations. |
| Question 6: Which of the following methods does not provide time-resolved vascular information?
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| Reference: | Grist et al, Time-Resolved Angiography: Past, Present, and Future, JMRI, Vol. 36:1273(2012). |
| Choice A: | Black-blood spin-echo imaging of the vessel wall. |
| Choice B: | 3D-TRICKS. |
| Choice C: | Cardiac-gated phase contrast MRA. |
| Choice D: | 4D Flow. |
