Clinical MR Imaging and Physics A Tutorial /

• Main Author: Chrysikopoulos, Haris S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.

Keywords Spin › Electromagnetic radiation › Resonance › Nucleus › Hydrogen › Proton › Certain atomic nuclei possess inherent magnetic Let us summarize the MRI procedure. Te patient properties called spin, and can interact with electro- is placed in a magnetic feld and becomes temporarily 1 magnetic...

Table of Contents:

• Resonance
• Electromagnetic Fields
• Macroscopic Magnetization
• Macroscopic Magnetization Revisited
• Excitation Phenomena
• T1 Relaxation (Longitudinal or Spin-Lattice Relaxation)
• T2 Relaxation (Transverse or Spin–Spin Relaxation)
• Magnetic Substrates of T1 Relaxation
• Magnetic Substrates of T2 Relaxation
• Proton (Spin) Density Contrast
• Partial Saturation
• Free Induction Decay
• Spin Echo
• Integration of T1, T2, and Proton Density Phenomena
• Inversion Recovery
• Image Formation – Fourier Transform – Gradients
• Gradient Echo Imaging
• Pulse Sequences
• Fast or Turbo Spin Echo Imaging
• Selective Fat Suppression
• Chemical Shift Imaging
• Magnetization Transfer Contrast
• Diffusion
• Artifacts
• Noise
• Imaging Time
• Resolution
• Contrast Agents
• Blood Flow
• MR Angiography
• Basics of MR Examinations and Interpretation.