EBME 431. Physics of Imaging
Course Syllabus
Textbook
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and
Sequence Design. Haacke, Brown, Thompson, Venkatesan
Course Topics
1. Introduction to magnetic moments, precession, magnetization
and Bloch eqns.
2. Connections to quantum mechanics and thermal physics
3. Signal concepts, spin and gradient echoes, Fourier
imaging in multi-dimensions
4. Sampling, aliasing, filtering, and resolution, discrete
Fourier transforms
5. Projection reconstruction, signal, contrast, and
noise
6. Chemical shifts, fast imaging, and image distortion
7. Diffusion and other parameter measurements
8. Motion
9. Tissue magnetic properties; sequence design
10. MR coil design |
