DOI: 10.1055/b-002-89589
Runge, Val M.; Nitz, Wolfgang R.; Trelles, Miguel; et al.: 2014

The Physics of Clinical MR Taught Through Images

Print ISBN 9781604067200 · Online ISBN 9781604067224
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Editors: Runge, Val M.; Nitz, Wolfgang R.; Trelles, Miguel; Goerner, Frank L.

Authors: Ai, Tao; Attenberger, Ulrike I.; Birkemeier, Krista L.; Desai, Nilesh K.; Dryden, John R.; Faulkner, William H.; Fries, Peter; Giesel, Frederik L.; Giri, Shivraman; Greiser, Andreas; Hao, Dapeng; Hu, Xuemei; Kirsch, John; Lell, Michael M.; Morelli, John N.; Padua, Abraham; Porter, David; Schmeets, Stuart H.; Schürholz, Hellmut; Spottiswoode, Bruce; Stieltjes, Bram

Title: The Physics of Clinical MR Taught Through Images

Print ISBN: 9781604067200; Online ISBN: 9781604067224; Book DOI: 10.1055/b-002-89589

Third Edition © 2014 Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Stuttgart

Subjects: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computed Tomography (MRI, CT)

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Front Matter
Hardware
Components of an MR Scanner
MR Safety: Static Magnetic Field
MR Safety: Gradient Magnetic and Radiofrequency Fields
Radiofrequency Coils
Multichannel Coil Technology: Introduction
Multichannel Coil Technology: Body Imaging
New Open MR Systems
Magnetic Field Effects at 3 T
Signal-to-Noise Ratio at 3 T
Mid-Field, High-Field, Ultra-High-Field (1.5, 3, 7 T)
Advanced Receiver Coil Design: Part 1
Advanced Receiver Coil Design: Part 2
Advanced Multidimensional RF Transmission Design
Basic Imaging Physics
Imaging Basics: k Space, Raw Data, Image Data
Image Resolution: Pixel and Voxel Size
Imaging Basics: Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Imaging Basics: Contrast-to-Noise Ratio
Signal-to-Noise Ratio versus Contrast-to-Noise Ratio
Slice Orientation
Multislice Imaging and Concatenations
Field of View
Field of View: Rectangular
Matrix Size: Readout
Matrix Size: Phase Encoding
Specific Absorption Rate
Basic Image Acquisition Strategies
T1, T2, and Proton Density
Calculating T1 and T2 Relaxation Times (Calculated Images)
Spin Echo Imaging
Fast Spin Echo Imaging
Fast Spin Echo: Reduced Refocusing Angle
Driven-Equilibrium Fourier Transformation (DEFT)
Reordering: Phase Encoding
Magnetization Transfer
Half Acquisition Single-Shot Turbo Spin Echo (HASTE)
Spoiled Gradient Echo
Refocused (Steady State) Gradient Echo
Inversion Recovery: Part 1
Inversion Recovery: Part 2
Fluid-Attenuated IR with Fat Saturation (FLAIR FS)
Fat Suppression: Spectral Saturation
Water Excitation, Fat Excitation
Fat Suppression: Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR)
Fat Suppression: Phase Cycling
Echo Planar Imaging
3D Imaging: Basic Principles
Contrast Media: Gadolinium Chelates with Extracellular Distribution
Contrast Media: Gadolinium Chelates with Protein Binding
Contrast Media: Other Agents (Non-Gadolinium)
Advanced Image Acquisition Strategies
Dual-Echo Steady State (DESS)
Balanced Gradient Echo: Part 1
Balanced Gradient Echo: Part 2
PSIF: The Backward-Running FISP
Constructive Interference in a Steady State (CISS)
TurboFLASH, FSPGR, TFE
3D Imaging: MP-RAGE
3D Imaging: SPACE
Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging
Multi-Shot EPI
Volume Interpolated Breath-Hold Examination (VIBE)
Hepatic Fat Quantification
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
Cartilage Mapping
Flow Effects: Fast and Slow Flow
Phase Imaging: Flow
2D Time-of-Flight MRA
3D Time-of-Flight MRA
Flip Angle, TR, MT, and Field Strength (in 3D TOF MRA)
Phase Contrast MRA
Advanced Non-Contrast MRA Techniques
Contrast-Enhanced MRA: Basics; Renal, Abdomen
Contrast-Enhanced MRA: Carotid Arteries
Contrast-Enhanced MRA: Peripheral Circulation
Dynamic MRA (TWIST/TREAT)
Perfusion Imaging
Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)
Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Blood Oxygen Level–Dependent (BOLD) Imaging: Theory
Blood Oxygen Level–Dependent (BOLD) Imaging: Applications
Proton Spectroscopy (Theory)
Proton Spectroscopy (Chemical Shift Imaging)
Cardiac Morphology
Cardiac Function
Cardiac Imaging: Myocardial Perfusion
Cardiac Imaging: Myocardial Viability
T1/T2/T2* Quantitative Parametric Mapping in the Heart
MR Mammography: Dynamic Imaging
MR Mammography: Silicone
Interventional MR
Continuous Moving Table
Integrated Whole-Body MR-PET
Artifact Reduction Strategies
Aliasing
Truncation Artifacts
Motion: Ghosting and Smearing
Motion Reduction: Triggering, Gating, Navigator Echoes
BLADE (PROPELLER)
Abdomen: Motion Correction
Filtering Images (to Reduce Artifacts)
Geometric Distortion
Chemical Shift: Sampling Bandwidth
Artifacts: Magnetic Susceptibility
Maximizing Magnetic Susceptibility
Artifacts: Metal
Minimizing Metal Artifacts
Gradient Moment Nulling
Spatial Saturation
Flow Artifacts
Improving Image Quality
Faster and Stronger Gradients: Part 1
Faster and Stronger Gradients: Part 2
Image Composing
Filtering Images (to Improve SNR)
Number of Averages
Slice Thickness
Slice Profile
Slice Excitation Order (in Fast Spin Echo Imaging)
Partial Fourier
Image Interpolation (Zero Filling)
Parallel Imaging: Part 1
Parallel Imaging: Part 2
Compressed Sensing
3D Evaluation: Image Post-processing
Automatic Image Alignment
Workflow Optimization
Acronyms
Acronyms
Annex