| MOTSA | multiple overlapping thin slab acquisition [technique] |
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| MUGA | multiple gated acquisition [blood pool scan] |
| RAM | random-access memory; rapid alternating movements; rectus abdominis muscle; rectus abdominis myocuta... |
| RAM-FAST | reduced acquisition matrix-Fourier acquired steady state |
| RARE | rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement |
| forced expiratory time | The time taken to expire a given volume or a given fraction of vital capacity during measurement of forced vital capacity; subscripts specify the exact parameters measured. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| left ventricular ejection time | The time measured clinically from onset to incisural notch of the carotid or other pulse; properly the time of ejection of blood from the left ventricle beginning with aortic valve opening and ending with aortic valve closure. (05 Mar 2000) |