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GATE 2026 BM – Question 47

Medical Imaging Systems · Magnetic Resonance Imaging · 2 marks · Multiple choice

The shown MRI pulse sequence marks repetition time TR and echo time TE. Identify it.

Diagram for GATE 2026 BM question 47
  1. Spin echo
  2. Echo planar imaging
  3. Inversion recovery
  4. Saturation recovery

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Correct answer: (A) Spin echo

Explanation

Each repetition contains a ninety-degree excitation followed by a one-hundred-eighty-degree refocusing pulse. The signal echo occurs after refocusing at TE, with the 180° pulse halfway between excitation and echo. This is the defining spin-echo sequence, A.

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