MRI Glossary
ADC - Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
CHESS - CHEmical shift Selective Saturation
CSI - Chemical Shift Imaging
DCE - Dynamic Contrast Enhanced
DNR - Diffusion to Noise Ratio
DTI - Diffusion Tensor Imaging
DWMRI - Diffusion Weighted MRI
EPI - Echo Planar Imaging
ETL - Echo Train Length
FBPR - Filtered BackProjection Reconstruction
FID - Free Induction Decay
FLAIR - FLuid Attenuated Inversion Recovery
FA - Fractional Anisotropy
fMRI - functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
FOV - Field Of View
FRFSE - Fast Recovery Fast Spin Echo
FSE - Fast Spin Echo
IR - Inversion Recovery
IRP-SPGR - Inversion Recovery Prepared - SPoiled GRadient echo
LCModel - Linear Combination of Model spectra (MRS Baseline)
MRA - Magnetic Resonance Angiography
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRS - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
NEX - Number of EXcitations
PR - Projection Reconstruction
PRESS - Point REsolved SpectroScopy
PROPELLER - Periodically Rotated Overlapping ParallEL Lines with Enhanced
Reconstruction
rCBV - relative Cerebral Blood Volume
RFSE - Radial Fast Spin Echo
ROI - Region of Interest
SE - Spin Echo
SPGR - SPoiled Gradient Recall Echo
SPM - Statistical Parametric Mapping
SNR - Signal to Noise Ratio
SSEPI - Single Shot Echo Planar Imaging
SSFSE - Single Shot Fast Spin Echo
T1 - Longitudinal Relaxation Time (in general T1 > T2)
T2 - Transverse Relaxation Time (in general T2 < T1)
T2* - T2 Star - Total Decay (»2T2) Equals Sum of Decay due to
other macro-molecular fields (T2) and susceptibility
tissue variation.
TE - Echo Delay Time
TR - Repetition Time
TSE - Turbo Spin Echo
VOI - Volume Of Interest