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Record Nr.

UNINA9910265942403321

Autore

Brown Robert W. <1941->

Titolo

Magnetic resonance imaging : physical principles and sequence design / / Robert W. Brown, Ph.D, Institute Professor and Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-118-63395-4

1-118-63398-9

1-118-63397-0

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1161 p.)

Disciplina

616.07/548

Soggetti

Magnetic resonance imaging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Preceded by Magnetic resonance imaging : physical principles and sequence design / E. Mark Haacke [and others]. c1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Magnetic resonance imaging: a preview -- Classical response of a single nucleus to a magnetic field -- Rotating reference frames and resonance -- Magnetization, relaxation, and the Bloch equation -- The quantum mechanical basis of precession and excitation -- The quantum mechanical basis of thermal equilibrium and longitudinal relaxation -- Signal detection concepts -- Introductory signal acquisition methods: free induction decay, spin echoes, inversion recovery, and spectroscopy -- One-dimensional Fourier imaging, k-space and gradient echoes -- Multi-dimensional Fourier imaging and slice excitation -- The continuous and discrete Fourier transforms -- Sampling and aliasing in image reconstruction -- Filtering and resolution in Fourier transform image reconstruction -- Projection reconstruction of images -- Signal, contrast, and noise -- A closer look at radiofrequency pulses -- Water/fat separation techniques -- Fast imaging in the steady state -- Segmented k-space and echo planar imaging -- Magnetic field inhomogeneity effects and T*2 dephasing -- Random walks, relaxation, and diffusion -- Spin density, T1 and T2 quantification methods in MR imaging -- Motion artifacts and flow



compensation -- MR angiography and flow quantification -- Magnetic properties of tissues: theory and measurement -- Sequence design, artifacts, and nomenclature -- Introduction to MRI coils and magnets -- Parallel imaging -- Electromagnetic principles: a brief overview -- Statistics -- Imaging parameters to accompany figures.