Full Description
This text serves as a practical guide to all types of MRI technologies and image interpretation in diagnostic imaging centers throughout the world. The book takes basic principles (physics, pulse sequence, imaging coil technology) and augments them with practical clinical chapters on patient issues, safety concerns, equipment choices, protocol development strategies, MR facility management, and much more.
Contents
Historical Perspective on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Magnetic Resonance: A Technical Overview. Magnetic Resonance Tissue Contrast Characteristics: Proton (Spin) Density, T1, and T2. Relating Frequency to Space: The Fourier Transform and Gradient Fields. Imaging Coil Technology. Assessing the Interaction of Image Sequence Parameters. Standard MR pulse Sequences: A Closer Look. Advance MR Pulse Sequences. MR Angiographic Imaging Theory. MR Contrast Media MR Imaging of the Breast Fundamentals of Image Interpretation. Protocol Development Strategies. Artifacts. Patient Issues: Making A Difference. MRI Safety Concerns. MR Facility Organization and Management. Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment. Perspectives on Future MRI Technology and Applications.NER(01): WOW
