What’s the Time Breakdown?
The Tutorial = 18 minutes, and 2 minutes for the Non‐disclosure agreement. 20 minutes total.
A maximum of 3.5 hours to answer questions.
Finally, 10 minutes for a post exam survey. Max. total time of four hours to complete exam.
Those charts, like I said, on the previous page are snapshots taken directly from the ARRT website. I’m betting you have seen them already. I show them as a reminder so you don’t have to look them up again.
For additional/more complete info go to WWW.ARRT.ORGWhat about if I’ve already taken the Advanced Certification exam and have to renew your certification?Then you are looking for CQR (Continuous Qualifications Requirement) information.
Go to WWW.ARRT.ORG/CQR
Here’s the skinny on the CQR.
You have to take the SSA every 10 years for Credential earned after 1 January 2011.
You need to complete CQR every 10 years for each eligible discipline. You have three years to complete the process. The ARRT notifies you when your window opens.
Take the Structured Self‐Assessment (SSA). It is not a Pass/Fail test. There is no Fail. You’ll get CEU’s assigned to you to improve on deficiencies based on your score. This system makes you work on your weakness and not your strengths. That’s a good thing.
Yes, most of those assigned CEU’s apply to your Biennium.
Cross‐Vendor Terminology: Page 1
I include these Cross‐Vendor Terminology lists only for your reference while studying. Don’t try to memorize/learn every single term.
| General Electric | Siemens | Sequence/Term | Philips | Hitachi | Toshiba |
| SPIN ECHO | SPIN ECHO | Spin Echo | SPIN ECHO | SPIN ECHO | SPIN ECHO |
| GRE | GRE | Gradient Recalled Echo | FAST FIELD ECHO | FIELD ECHO | GE |
| SPGR | FLASH | Spoiled Gradient Echo | T1‐FFE | RF SPOILED, SARGE, RSSG | FAST FE |
| GRASS | FISP | Coherent Gradient Echo | FFE | REPHASED SARGE | SSPF |
| SSFP | PSIF | Steady State Precession | T2‐FFE | Time Reversed SARGE | None |
| FIESTA | True FISP | True FISP | BALANCE FE | Balanced SARGE, BASG | True SSFP |
| FIESTA‐C | CISS | True FISP/Dual Excitation | None | Phase Balanced SARGE | None |
| None | DESS | Dual Echo Steady State | None | None | None |
| MERGE | MEDIC | Combined Multi Echo Gradient Echo | M‐FFE | NONE | NONE |
| 3D FGRE, 3D FAST SPGR | MP‐RAGE | Ultrafast 3D Gradient Echo | 3D‐TFE | MP‐RAGE | 3DFAST‐FE |
| FAST GRE, FAST SPGR | TURBO FLASH | Ultrafast Gradient Echo | TFE | RGE | FAST FE |
| LAVA | VIBE | 3D Interpolated Gradient Echo | THRIVE | TIGRE | NONE |
| eDWI | REVEAL | Body Diffusion Weighted | DWIBS | NONE | VISION |
| SWAN | SWI |
Susceptibility
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