MRI history and abbreviation

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• Who discovered MRI in 1947?  Ans : Raymond Vahan Damadian.
• When was the first MRI invented?
• Ans : On July 3, 1977, the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam on a live human patient was  performed. 2003 nobel prize for physiology or medicine.
• MRI meaning :  Magnetic resonance imaging. 
• MRCP meaning: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
• DWI meaning :   Diffusion-weighted imaging
• T1WI meaning : T1 weighted image
• HASTE meaning :Half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo
• TSE meaning : Turbo Spin-Echo.
• TR meaning :   Repetition Time.

• TE meaning :Time to Echo (TE) is the time between the delivery of the RF pulse and the receipt of the echo signal.
• Flair meaning :  Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery.
• ADC meaning :  Apparent diffusion coefficient. 
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• GAD meaning : Gadolinium contrast medium.
• SPAIR meaning : (SPectral Attenuated Inversion Recovery)
• MRA  meaning :  Magnetic resonance Angiography.
• MRV meaning :  Magnetic resonance Venography.
• ERCP meaning : Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancretography.

• FOV : meaning : Field of View
• GFR meaning :  Glumeruler filtration rate.
• HU meaning :    Hounsfield Unit.
• TOF meaning :   Time of Flight                                                           Thanks