Electromagnetics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles, Related Applications, and Ongoing Developments

ISBN-13: 9781681740195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 84 str.

Christopher M. Collins

Opis

Explains Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with an emphasis on the magnetic fields required, their generation, their concomitant electric fields, the various interactions of all these fields with the subject being imaged, and the implications of these interactions to image quality and patient safety.

Spis treści

• 1. Fundamentals of MRI - Fields and Basic Pulse Sequences
• 2. Fundamentals of Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• 3. Fields and Hardware for MRI
• 4. Tissue/Field Interactions, MRI Safety, and Field-Related Image Artifacts
• 5. MRI-Based Measurement of Field Distributions and Tissue Heating
• 6. Recent and Ongoing Developments
• 7. Conclusion