Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Nonlinear Gradient Fields Signal Encoding and Image Reconstruction /

• Main Author: Schultz, Gerrit (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2013.
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

Within the past few decades magnetic resonance imaging has become one of the most important imaging modalities in medicine. For a reliable diagnosis of pathologies further technological improvements are of primary importance. This text deals with a radically new approach of image encoding: The funda...

Table of Contents:

• Physical and Technical Background
• Image Reconstruction in MRI
• Overview of PatLoc Imaging and Presentation of Initial Hardware Designs
• Basics of Signal Encoding and Image Reconstruction in PatLoc Imaging
• Direct Reconstruction for Cartesian PatLoc Imaging
• Direct Reconstruction for Radial PatLoc Imaging
• Iterative Reconstruction in PatLoc Imaging
• Summary and Outlook.