Molecular Imaging of the Brain Using Multi-Quantum Coherence and Diagnostics of Brain Disorders /

• Main Authors: Kaila, M. M. (Author), Kaila, Rakhi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Series in BioEngineering
• Subjects: Engineering.; Neurosciences.; Neuroradiology.; Biophysics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Single Molecule Studies, Molecular Motors.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

This book examines multi-quantum magnetic resonance imaging methods and the diagnostics of brain disorders. It consists of two Parts. The part I is initially devoted towards the basic concepts of the conventional single quantum MRI techniques. It is supplemented by the basic knowledge required to un...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Introduction
• Simplistic theory of the functions of the ensemble of the electrons, atoms, molecules, nuclei, in the brain
• Practical Illustrations
• Quantum spin dynamics and the MRI
• The density matrix concept
• The imaging
• Future horizons of the brain science. Summary and conclusion
• Suggestions for further reading and references
• Part II: Introduction
• Biomedical Diamagnetic Spin And Electric-Qudrupole Interaction Systems
• Practical Illustrations Sodium Spectroscopy And Imaging: Clinical Applications
• Summary And Discussion Conclusion
• References.