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GATE 2024 BM – Question 40

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

Which MRI timing specification gives proton-density weighting? T1,T2 are tissue relaxation times, TR repetition time, TE echo time.

  1. TR≫T1,TE≪T2
  2. TR≫T1,TE≫T2
  3. TR≪T1,TE≪T2
  4. TR≪T1,TE≫T2

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Correct answer: (A) TR≫T1,TE≪T2

Explanation

A long TR permits nearly full longitudinal recovery, reducing T1-dependent saturation differences. A short TE minimizes transverse-decay differences, reducing T2 weighting. Remaining signal differences are then mainly proton density. Thus long TR and short TE, A.

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