The physics of clinical MR taught through images [E-Book]

Includes index.

"To make optimal use of MRI technology, radiologists need an understanding of MRI physics. This can be a difficult area to master for radiologists, and it becomes increasingly challenging as new MRI techniques and new software programs are introduced. While most MRI physics books and chapters are filled with dense text and equations, Runge's book takes a very reader-friendly and practice-oriented approach, leading with images and presenting clear, concise text on understanding MRI physics and on using these principles to acquire optimal MRI Images and interpret results. The new edition text and images are extensively revised to reflect developments in the field, and there are 12 new chapters"--Provided by publisher.

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The Physics of Clinical MR Taught Through Images; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Section I. Hardware; 1 Components of an MR Scanner; 2 MR Safety: Static Magnetic Field; 3 MR Safety: Gradient Magnetic and Radiofrequency Fields; 4 Radiofrequency Coils; 5 Multichannel Coil Technology: Part 1; 6 Multichannel Coil Technology: Part 2; 7 Open MR Systems; 8 Magnetic Field Effects At 3 T and Beyond; 9 Mid-Field, High-Field, and Ultra-High-Field (1.5, 3, 7 T); 10 Advanced Receiver Coil Design; 11 Advanced Multidimensional RF Transmission Design

Section II. Basic Imaging Physics12 Imaging Basics: k-space, Raw Data, Image Data; 13 Image Resolution: Pixel and Voxel Size; 14 Imaging Basics: Signal-to-Noise Ratio; 15 Imaging Basics: Contrast-to-Noise Ratio; 16 Signal-to-Noise Ratio versus Contrast-to-Noise Ratio; 17 Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Clinical 3 T; 18 Slice Orientation; 19 Multislice Imaging and Concatenations; 20 Number of Averages; 21 Slice Thickness; 22 Slice Profile; 23 Slice Excitation Order (in Fast Spin Echo Imaging); 24 Field of View (Overview); 25 Field of View (Phase Encoding Direction); 26 Matrix Size: Readout

27 Matrix Size: Phase Encoding28 Partial Fourier; 29 Image Interpolation (Zero Filling); 30 Specific Absorption Rate; Section III. Basic Image Acquisition; 31 T1, T2, and Proton Density; 32 Calculating T1 and T2 Relaxation Times (Calculated Images); 33 Spin Echo Imaging; 34 Fast Spin Echo Imaging; 35 Fast Spin Echo: Reduced Refocusing Angle; 36 Driven-Equilibrium Fourier Transformation (DEFT); 37 Reordering: Phase Encoding; 38 Magnetization Transfer; 39 Half Acquisition Single-Shot Turbo Spin Echo (HASTE); 40 Spoiled Gradient Echo; 41 Refocused (Steady State) Gradient Echo

42 Echo Planar Imaging43 Inversion Recovery: Part 1; 44 Inversion Recovery: Part 2; 45 Fluid-Attenuated IR with Fat Saturation (FLAIR FS); 46 Fat Suppression: Spectral Saturation; 47 Water Excitation, Fat Excitation; 48 Fat Suppression: Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR); 49 Fat Suppression: Phase Cycling; 50 Fat Suppression: Dixon; 51 3D Imaging: Basic Principles; 52 Contrast Media: Gadolinium Chelates with Extracellular Distribution; 53 Contrast Media: Gd Chelates with Improved Relaxivity; 54 Contrast Media: Other Agents (Non-Gadolinium); Section IV. Advanced Image Acquisition

55 Dual-Echo Steady State (DESS)56 Balanced Gradient Echo: Part 1; 57 Balanced Gradient Echo: Part 2; 58 PSIF: The Backward-Running FISP; 59 Constructive Interference in a Steady State (CISS); 60 TurboFLASH; 61 PETRA (UTE); 62 3D Imaging: MP-RAGE; 63 3D Imaging: SPACE; 64 Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging; 65 Volume Interpolated Breath-Hold Examination (VIBE); 66 Diffusion-Weighted Imaging; 67 Multi-Shot EPI; 68 Diffusion Tensor Imaging; 69 Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent (BOLD) Imaging: Theory; 70 Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent (BOLD) Imaging: Applications; 71 Proton Spectroscopy (Theory)

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