Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Physical Principles and Applications
Published on 15. March 2000
Book
Hardback
182 pages
978-0-12-429150-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book is intended as a text/reference for students, researchers, and professors interested in physical and biomedical applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Both the theoretical and practical aspects of MRI are emphasized. The book begins with a comprehensive discussion of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) phenomenon based on quantum mechanics and the classical theory of electromagnetism. The first three chapters of this book provide the foundation needed to understand the basic characteristics of MR images, e.g.,image contrast, spatial resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, common image artifacts. Then MRI applications are considered in the following five chapters. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of MRI are emphasized. The book ends with a discussion of instrumentation and the principles of signal detection in MRI.
Reviews / Votes
"This book particularly stresses fast MR imaging and flow imaging. It does cover state-of-the-art topics such as echo-planar imaging, spiral imaging, and partial k-space aquisitions. The last chapter is dedicated to time-of-flight techniques and contrast-enhanced MRI of flow.This book is written well and is meant as a handy reference for students, researchers, and those interested in physical and biomedical applications of magnetic resonance imaging." --Jasjit Suri, Marconi Medical Systems, Cleveland, IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, January/February 2001More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Graduate students in physics, medical physics, and biomedical engineering; biomedical imaging researchers and engineers actively working in the field of biomedical imaging.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-429150-8 (9780124291508)
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03/2000
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Person
Vadim Kuperman received his Ph.D. in physics from the Institute for High Temperatures in Moscow, Russia. He is affiliated with the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago. As a magnetic resonance physicist, his interest lies in the development of both biomedical and physical applications of MRI.
Content
Foreword by Series Editor Isaak Mayergoyz. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Basic Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Excitation of the Transverse Magnetization. Basic Techniques for 2D and 3D MRI. Contrast in MR Imaging. Signal-to-Noise Ratio in MRI. Image Artifacts. Rapid MR Imaging. MR Imaging of Flow. MRI Instrumentation: Magnets, Gradient Coils, and Radiofrequency Coils. Appendix A: Phase-sensitive Detection. Appendix B: Image Display. Index.