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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Contents 1 Course Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2 Course No.: 3 Instructor: 4 Text: 5 Credits: 6 Semester Offered: 7 Recommended References: 8 Evaluation Scheme: 9 Course Outline: 10 List of Topics by Week

[edit] Course Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

[edit] Course No.:

RADI 6050

[edit] Instructor:

Geoffrey Clarke, PhD

[edit] Text:

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Theory & Practice, 3rd ed. MT Vlaardingerbroek, JA den Boer Springer, 2004.

[edit] Credits:

2

[edit] Semester Offered:

Fall

[edit] Recommended References:

Handbook of MRI Pulse Sequences. MA Bernstein, KF King, XJ Zhou. Elsevier, 2004

[edit] Evaluation Scheme:

60% for homework assignments; 20% for class participation; 20% for final exam

[edit] Course Outline:

Course covers the physics and technology of magnetic resonance imaging at an advanced level. This course is designed to give the student a deep understanding of MRI equipment, the processes involved in image formation and trade-offs required to obtain high quality MRI research studies. The emphasis of this course is to describe MRI physics and technology in a manner such that the student will be able to undertake MRI experiments for quantitative biomedical measurements. Students enrolling in this course should be comfortable with vector algebra, differential and integral equations and matrix mathematics. RADI 5049 (Introduction to MRI) or its equivalent should be taken before attempting this course.

[edit] List of Topics by Week

BASIC MRI PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Spins, Zeeman Splitting & the Rotating Frame, FID, Spin Echoes,MRI Magnets & Gradient Coils
2. RF Coils in MRI, Bloch Equations, Relaxation & Hard RF Pulses
3. Slice Selective RF Pulses & the Fourier Transform
4. k-Space analysis

COMMON MRI PULSE SEQUENCES

5. The Spin Echo pulse & Field Echo Pulse Sequences
6. Artifacts & Magnetization Preparation & Fast Spin Echo MRI
7. Echo-Planar Imaging, Spiral MRI & Real-Time MRI
8. Steady-State Gradient Echo & Transient-State Gradient Echo sequences

QUANTITATIVE MRI METHODS

9. Sequence Optimization: Manipulating Contrast & Signal-to-Noise Ratios in MRI
10. MR Angiography: Measuring Motion & Flow in MRI
11. Arterial Spin Labeling, BOLD Contrast MRI & Diffusion MR Imaging
12. Quantitative MRI for Cancer Studies
13. Ultra-short TE Imaging and musculoskeletal (MSK) MR Imaging
14. Parallel MR Imaging & Cardiac MRI

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