Magnetic resonance imaging physical principles and sequence design /
New edition explores contemporary MRI principles and practices Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded, the second edition of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design remains the preeminent text in its field. Using consistent nomenclature and mathematical notations throug...
| Main Author: | Brown, Robert W., 1941- |
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| Other Authors: | Cheng, Yu-Chung N.,, Haacke, E. Mark,, Thompson, Michael R.,, Venkatesan, Ramesh,, Ebooks Corporation. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxxii, 944 pages) : illustrations. |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: |
Ebook Library (EBL)
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Table of Contents:
- Magnetic resonance imaging: a preview
- Classical response of a single nucleus to a magnetic field
- Rotating reference frames and resonance
- Magnetization, relaxation, and the Bloch equation
- The quantum mechanical basis of precession and excitation
- The quantum mechanical basis of thermal equilibrium and longitudinal relaxation
- Signal detection concepts
- Introductory signal acquisition methods: free induction decay, spin echoes, inversion recovery, and spectroscopy
- One-dimensional Fourier imaging, k-space and gradient echoes
- Multi-dimensional Fourier imaging and slice excitation
- The continuous and discrete Fourier transforms
- Sampling and aliasing in image reconstruction
- Filtering and resolution in Fourier transform image reconstruction
- Projection reconstruction of images
- Signal, contrast, and noise
- A closer look at radiofrequency pulses
- Water/fat separation techniques
- Fast imaging in the steady state
- Segmented k-space and echo planar imaging
- Magnetic field inhomogeneity effects and T*2 dephasing
- Random walks, relaxation, and diffusion
- Spin density, T1 and T2 quantification methods in MR imaging
- Motion artifacts and flow compensation
- MR angiography and flow quantification
- Magnetic properties of tissues: theory and measurement
- Sequence design, artifacts, and nomenclature
- Introduction to MRI coils and magnets
- Parallel imaging
- Electromagnetic principles: a brief overview
- Statistics
- Imaging parameters to accompany figures.