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Advanced MR Physics

Contact Wilbert Bartels, PhD
Faculty Wilbert Bartels, PhD
Clemens Bos, PhD
Description This advanced MRI course covers the physical principles of MRI and sequence design issues.

Topics that will be covered are:

  • The classical NMR model: nucleus in a magnetic field
  • Rotating reference frame & resonance
  • Bloch equations
  • Signal detection concepts
  • Signal acquisition: FID and echo techniques
  • Multi-dimensional Fourier imaging and k-space
  • Fourier image reconstruction
  • Signal, contrast and noise
  • Basic sequence design
  • MR Angiography and flow quantification
Structure Lectures and meetings in workshop format (attendance is mandatory!)
Prerequisites Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of mathematics (differential equations, vector calculus, Fourier analysis, complex functions, electromagnetism (Faraday's law of induction, static magnetic field calculations, electromagnetic waves) and MRI at BSc level. The study material on MRI provided in the BIS course Medical Image Formation is expected to be known.
Time + locations Timeslots A+C
The course will start in the week of 6 February 2012. Lectures will be given on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. When necessary Mondays may be used for lectures, this will be announced during the course.
Location Q0S 4.313
Schedule
Examination "Open book" written examination at the end of the course.

Material to be studied for the examination

From the book "Magnetic resonance imaging: Physical principles and sequence design" by E.M.Haacke, R.W. Brown, M.R. Thompson, R. Venkatesan. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999:

Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8
Chapter 9, paragraphs 9.1 up to and including 9.4
Chapter 10
Chapter 11, paragraphs 11.1 and 11.2.1 up to and including 11.2.3
Chapter 12, paragraphs 12.1 and 12.1
Chapter 15, whole chapter, read paragraph 15.1.3
Chapter 18, paragraph 18.1
Chapter 23, pages 669 up to and including 679
Chapter 24
Chapter 26, paragraphs 26.1 and 26.2, read paragraph 26.3
Chapter 27, paragraph 27.4.5 only
Literature Excerpts from the book "Magnetic resonance imaging: Physical principles and sequence design" by E.M. Haacke, R.W. Brown, M.R. Thompson, R. Venkatesan. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999.

Register (at least two weeks before the start of the course).

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