Hashemi, Ray H.,

MRI : the basics / Magnetic resonance imaging Ray H. Hashman Hashemi, M.D., Ph.D., President and Medical Director, Advanced Imaging Center, Inc., Valencia/Palmdale/Lancaster/Ridgecrest, California, Christopher, J. Lisanti, MD, Col (ret) USAF, MC, SFS, Chief, Body MRI, Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, William G. Bradley, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.R., Distinguished Professor and Chair, Emeritus, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California. - Fourth edition. - xiv, 479 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-465) and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Basic Concepts --
1.Introductory Math --
2.Basic Principles of MRI --
3.Radio Frequency Pulse --
4.T1, T2, and T2* --
5.TR, TE, and Tissue Contrast --
6.Tissue Contrast: Some Clinical Applications --
7.Pulse Sequences: Part I (Saturation, Partial Saturation, Inversion Recovery) --
8.Pulse Sequences: Part II (Spin Echo) --
9.Fourier Transform --
10.Image Construction: Part I (Slice Selection) --
11.Image Construction: Part II (Spatial Encoding) --
12.Signal Processing --
13.Data Space --
14.Pulse Sequence Diagram --
15.Field of View --
16.k-Space: the Final Frontier! --
17.Scan Parameters and Image Optimization --
18.Artifacts in MRI --
pt. II Fast Scanning --
19.Fast Spin Echo --
20.Gradient Echo: Part I (Basic Principles) --
21.Gradient Echo: Part II (Fast Scanning Techniques) --
22.Echo Planar Imaging --
23.Scanning Features --
24.Parallel Imaging / Mark Bydder --
25.Tissue Suppression Techniques --
26.Flow Phenomena Note continued: 27.MR Angiography / Jiang Du --
28.Cardiac MRI --
29.MR Spectroscopy in the Brain --
30.High-Performance Gradients --
31.The Many Combinations of MRI --
pt. III Advanced Scan Techniques --
32.Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging --
33.MR Elastography --
34.MR Relaxometry (T1 and T2/T2* Times) --
35.Motion Correction --
36.Restriction Spectrum Imaging (RSI) --
pt. IV MR Safety --
37.General MR Safety / Christopher Walker --
38.Contrast Safety --
pt. V Boards-Style Questions --
39.100 Questions and Answers.

"This book offers an excellent introduction to the physics behind MR imaging. Clinically relevant coverage includes everything from basic principles and key math concepts to more advanced topics, including the latest MR techniques and optimum image creation. Hundreds of high-quality illustrations, board-style questions and answers, legible equations, and instructive diagrams take you from the basics of MR physics through current applications." -- Publisher.

College of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology


Text in English

9781496384324 (pbk)

2017035585


Magnetic resonance imaging.

RC78.7.N83 / H44 2018

616.07548 H27 2018