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GATE Medical Imaging Systems: Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Previous Year Questions

12 GATE previous year questions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Medical Imaging Systems, Biomedical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2020 BM Q15 (1 mark, MTA) – The source asks which MRI contrast results from “long T REP or short T ECHO.”
  2. GATE 2020 BM Q51 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – An MRI RF coil at 1 T has induced voltage magnitude V =2 0V sM 0()Br, with γ₀ the Larmor frequency, Vₛ slice volume, M₀ equilibrium magnetization and…
  3. GATE 2021 BM Q50 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – An axial MR slice at the isocentre of a 1.5 T scanner has thickness 2.5 mm. Slice-selection gradient is 2 gauss/cm and proton gyromagnetic ratio is…
  4. GATE 2022 BM Q25 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which explanation of MRI relaxation time constants T₁ and T₂ is correct?
  5. GATE 2023 BM Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In MRI, s(t)= m(x,y)e-j2[K x(t)x+K y(t)y]dx\,dy, where Kₓ and Kᵧ are proportional to time integrals of gradients Gₓ and Gᵧ. The gradients are in phase…
  6. GATE 2024 BM Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Sodium gyromagnetic frequency ratio is 11.26 MHz/T. Find its Larmor frequency at 3 T, nearest integer MHz.
  7. GATE 2024 BM Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Which MRI timing specification gives proton-density weighting? T1,T2 are tissue relaxation times, TR repetition time, TE echo time.
  8. GATE 2025 BM Q14 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Statement (i): Structural MRI has better spatial resolution than EEG. Statement (ii): EEG has better temporal resolution than structural MRI. Which is…
  9. GATE 2025 BM Q62 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Proton gyromagnetic frequency ratio is 42.58 MHz/T. Find resonance frequency at 1.5 T to two decimal places in MHz.
  10. GATE 2026 BM Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – An MRI signal has T2=100 ms and initial intensity 500 a.u. Find the intensity at t=50 ms, rounded to one decimal place.
  11. GATE 2026 BM Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The gyromagnetic frequency ratio of ³¹P is 17.23 MHz/T. Find its Larmor frequency at 3 T, rounded to one decimal place in MHz.
  12. GATE 2026 BM Q47 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The shown MRI pulse sequence marks repetition time TR and echo time TE. Identify it.