Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: a Signal Processing Perspective

Since its inception in 1971, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has developed into a premier tool for anatomical and functional imaging. This textbook provides a clear and comprehensive treatment of MR image formation principles from a signal processing perspective. Coverage includes: mathematical fundamentals; signal generation and detection principles; signal characteristics; signal localization principles; image reconstruction techniques; image contrast mechanisms; image resolution, noise and artifacts; fast-scan imaging; constrained reconstruction; and spatial information encoding. The text contains comprehensive examples and homework problems. It should give students of biomedical engineering, biophysics, chemistry, electrical engineering and radiology a systematic, in-depth understanding of MRI principles.