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MRI at a Glance

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Westbrook, Catherine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • QR code
  • TitlePage
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgement
  • How to use your textbook
  • About the companion website
  • 1 Magnetism and electromagnetism
  • Magnetic susceptibility
  • Paramagnetism
  • Diamagnetism
  • Ferromagnetism
  • Electromagnetism
  • 2 Atomic structure
  • Introduction
  • Motion within the atom
  • MR active nuclei
  • 3 Alignment
  • The classical theory
  • The quantum theory
  • What do the quantum and classical theories tell us?
  • 4 Precession
  • Precessional (Larmor) frequency
  • Precessional phase
  • 5 Resonance and signal generation
  • Energy absorption
  • Phase coherence
  • The MR signal
  • 6 Contrast mechanisms
  • What is contrast?
  • Extrinsic contrast parameters
  • Intrinsic contrast mechanisms
  • The composition of fat and water
  • 7 Relaxation mechanisms
  • Relaxation processes
  • Field inhomogeneities
  • 8 T1 recovery
  • T1 recovery in fat
  • T1 recovery in water
  • Control of T1 recovery
  • 9 T2 decay
  • T2 decay in fat
  • T2 decay in water
  • Control of T2 decay
  • 10 T1 weighting
  • Typical values
  • 11 T2 weighting
  • Typical values
  • 12 PD weighting
  • Typical values
  • Other types of weighting
  • 13 Conventional spin echo
  • Mechanisms of CSE
  • Contrast
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 14 Fast or turbo spin echo
  • how it works
  • Mechanism
  • Contrast
  • 15 Fast or turbo spin echo
  • how it is used
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 16 Inversion recovery
  • Mechanism
  • Contrast
  • Uses
  • 17 Gradient echo
  • how it works
  • Mechanism
  • 18 Gradient echo
  • how it is used
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 19 The steady state
  • Echo generation in the steady state
  • 20 Coherent gradient echo
  • Mechanism
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 21 Incoherent gradient echo
  • Mechanism
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 22 Steady-state free precession
  • Mechanism
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 23 Balanced gradient echo
  • Mechanism
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 24 Ultrafast sequences
  • Turbo gradient echo
  • Echo planar imaging
  • Typical values
  • Uses
  • 25 Diffusion and perfusion imaging
  • Diffusion weighted imaging
  • Perfusion imaging
  • 26 Functional imaging techniques
  • Functional MR imaging (fMRI)
  • Spectroscopy
  • 27 Gradient functions
  • How gradients work
  • 28 Slice selection
  • Mechanism
  • Slice thickness
  • 29 Phase encoding
  • Mechanism
  • 30 Frequency encoding
  • Mechanism
  • 31 K space
  • what is it?
  • 32 K space
  • how is it filled?
  • 33 K space and image quality
  • K space
  • signal and contrast
  • K space
  • spatial resolution
  • 34 Data acquisition
  • frequency
  • Changing the receive bandwidth
  • Changing the frequency matrix
  • 35 Data acquisition
  • phase
  • 36 Data acquisition
  • scan time
  • TR
  • Phase matrix
  • Number of signal averages (NSA)
  • Types of acquisition
  • Reducing scan time
  • 37 K space traversal and pulse sequences
  • K space traversal in gradient echo
  • K space traversal in spin echo
  • K space traversal in single shot
  • K space traversal in spiral imaging