1. Getting to Know MRI
| · | History of Radiology Leading to MRI |
| · | The First MR Images |
| · | Advantages of MRI |
| · | Inside the Atom |
| · | Hydrogen and MRI |
| · | Electricity and Magnetism |
| · | Lining the Protons Up |
| · | Precession |
| · | RF Energy |
| · | T1 Relaxation |
| · | T2 Relaxation |
| · | Generating the Signal |
| · | The MR Pulse Sequence |
2. Forming MR Images
| · | Digital Cross-Sectional Images |
| · | The Three Fundamental Imaging Planes |
| · | Digital Imaging |
| · | The Gray Scale |
| · | The Patient Coordinate System |
| · | Magnetic Field Gradients |
| · | Revisiting Resonance |
| · | How Gradients Affect the Precessional Frequency |
| · | Slice Selection |
| · | Slice Orientation |
| · | Slice Thickness |
| · | Multi-Slice Selection |
| · | Spatial Localization Within the Slice |
| · | Frequency and Phase |
| · | Orienting Frequency and Phase |
| · | Reconstructing the Image |
3. MR Image Appearance
| · | T1, T2 and Tissue Representation |
| · | Contrast |
| · | Resolution |
| · | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| · | Scan Time |
| · | Repetition Time |
| · | Echo Time |
| · | Number of Signal Averages |
| · | Slice Thickness |
| · | Slice Gap |
| · | Field-of-View |
| · | Matrix |
| · | Rectangular Field-of-View |
| · | Parallel Imaging |
| · | Reconstructing the MR Image |
| · | Windowing the MR Image |
| · | Introduction to Artifacts |
| · | Wraparound |
| · | Partial Volume Artifact |
| · | Motion Artifact |
| · | Metal Artifact |
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| 4. MRI Hardware and System Operation
| · | The Flow of Data Through an MR System |
| · | The Operator's Console |
| · | The Host Computer |
| · | The Pulse Sequence Controller |
| · | The Digital-to-Analog Convertors |
| · | The Gradient Power Amplifier |
| · | The RF Power Amplifier |
| · | RF Shielding |
| · | Magnet Types |
| · | Magnetic Shielding |
| · | The Gradient Coils |
| · | The RF Coils |
| · | The Receiver Amplifier and the ADC |
| · | The Array Processor |
| · | PACS System |
5. Advanced Imaging Techniques
| · | Review of Spin Echo |
| · | Dual Contrast Spin Echo |
| · | Inversion Recovery |
| · | Fat Suppression and CSF Suppression |
| · | Fast Spin Echo |
| · | Gradient Echo |
| · | Fast Gradient Echo |
| · | Echo Planar Imaging |
| · | 3D Acquisition |
| · | Diffusion-Weighted Imaging |
| · | Perfusion Imaging |
| · | Introduction to MR Angiography |
| · | MRA Post-Processing |
| · | Time-of-Flight MRA |
| · | Phase Contrast MRA |
| · | Contrast Enhanced MRA |
| · | MR Spectroscopy |
6. Clinical Concerns with MRI
| · | Use of Contrast Agents in MRI |
| · | MRI Safety |
| · | RF Concerns |
| · | Magnetic Field Concerns |
| · | Screening |
| · | Emergency Procedures |
| · | The Patient Experience |
| · | Typical MRI Exams |
| · | Head, Spine, Joints, Thorax, Abdomen, Pelvis |
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