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, comm. Read more...
Content: Front Cover; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Basic Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Chapter 2. Excitation of the Transverse Magnetization; Chapter 3. Basic Techniques for 2D and 3D MRI; Chapter 4. Contrast in MR Imaging; Chapter 5. Signal-to-Noise Ratio in MRI; Chapter 6. Image Artifacts; Chapter 7. Rapid MR Imaging; Chapter 8. MR Imaging of Flow; Chapter 9. MRI Instrumentation: Magnets, Gradient Coils, and Radiofrequency Coils; Appendix; Index;
Abstract: 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, comm
