MRI: Basic Principles and Applications - Couverture souple

Brown, Mark A.; Semelka, Richard C.

 
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Synopsis

Designed for clinicians and technicians who do not have a background in physics, this detailed manual outlines the magnetic resonance imaging technique and its various clinical applications. The critical hardware of MRI is described, as well as the issues involved in developing imaging protocols.

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MRI

BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

Mark A. Brown, PhD, and Richard C. Semelka, MD

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers significant advantages over other diagnostic imaging modalities, particularly its capacity to image soft tissue without exposing patients to ionizing radiation. Additionally, new technical advances are continuing to improve the speed, flexibility, and clinical importance of MRI.

MRI: Basic Principles and Applications outlines the core concepts of MRI for clinicians and technologists who do not necessarily have an extensive background in physics. Technical data and key equations are included to ensure thorough coverage, although prior knowledge of this material is not a prerequisite to understanding the accompanying text. The authors smoothly integrate a discussion of the basic physics of MRI with an overview of the guiding principles for its clinical application. A description of the hardware critical to MRI systems and a broad overview of the issues involved in developing imaging protocols are also included.

Individual chapters address such specific topics as:

  • Resonance absorption and chemical shift
  • Relaxation
  • Pulse sequences
  • Artifacts
  • Motion artifact reduction techniques
  • Fat suppression techniques
  • MR angiography
  • Contrast agents

MRI: Basic Principles and Applications features over 40 MR images that illustrate a range of clinical applications, while numerous line drawings clarify the essential physics of MRI. The book provides an accessible, but comprehensive, resource for radiologists, MRI technologists, and radiology residents. Graduate students in medical physics will also welcome this clear, concise introduction to MRI.

Biographie de l'auteur

Whether the topic is measurement parameters, image contrast, or pulse sequences, authors Mark Brown and Richard Semelka have remained true to their original mission: to present the basic concepts of MRI in a way that is understandable to a range of readers. Building on that tradition, MRI: Basic Principles and Applications, Third Edition, gives you an up-to-the-minute look at the tools required to assess various imaging techniques-and how to best utilize them in the real world of clinical practice.

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