MRI: The Basics: The Basics

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Mar 28, 2012 - Medical - 400 pages
Now in its updated Third Edition, MRI: The Basics is an easy-to-read, clinically relevant introduction to the physics behind MR imaging. The book features large-size, legible equations, state-of-the-art images, instructive diagrams, and questions and answers that are ideal for board review. The American Journal of Radiology praised the previous edition as "an excellent text for introducing the basic concepts to individuals interested in clinical MRI." This edition spans the gamut from basic physics to multi-use MR options to specific applications, and has dozens of new images. Coverage reflects the latest advances in MRI and includes completely new chapters on k-space, parallel imaging, cardiac MRI, and MR spectroscopy.
 

Contents

Basic Concepts
1
Introductory Math
3
Basic Principles of MRI
16
Radio Frequency Pulse
31
T1T2and T2
40
TR TE and Tissue Contrast
48
Some Clinical Applications
57
Part I Saturation Partial Saturation Inversion Recovery
74
Data Space
145
Field of View 167
149
The Final Frontier
171
Scan Parameters and Image Optimization
176
Artifacts in MRI
185
Fast Scanning
215
Fast Spin Echo
219
Part I Basic Principles
233

Part II Spin Echo
83
Fourier Transform
90
Part I Slice Selection
97
Part II Spatial Encoding
108
Signal Processing
123
Part II Fast Scanning Techniques
247
Suggested Readings 365
367
Index
374
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