|
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| To send mail to te students in this class, push this button: |
|
|
The purpose of this course is for you, the student, to:
We will not use heavy mathematics as a primary teaching mode, as I donít feel that this tends to introduce intuitions, but we will not shy away, when it is the best mode to explain something. The course therefore assumes that you have a basic calculus background.
I will try to publish most handouts on the web, as this saves a great deal of copying cost. I will also rely on some computer-based instruction that too, is available on the web. If this becomes a problem for anyone, please let me know as soon as possible This outline is found at:
I maintain a list of selected readings at http://airto.hosted.ats.ucla.edu/BMCweb/SharedCode/readingList.html that you may find useful. Though these are not usually assigned readings, they may help get you through any challenges.
| One book that is at approximately the correct level for the introductory material in this course is:
MRI; Basic Principles And Applications Unfortunately, this may be out of print... |
The bookstore does have:
Technical Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Topics by week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|
| Session | Date | TOPIC | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-12 | The NMR Phenomenon
|
Physical Foundations of MR Imaging - Robert Weisskoff
Bloch: Nuclear Induction Hahn: Spin Echoes Web publication: Physical Foundations of MR Imaging: (http://airto.hosted.ats.ucla.edu/BMCweb/CourseWork/M285/MRI/RMWFundamentals.html) Web tutorial: http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/mri-main.htm This interactive tutorial from the University of Rochester is a true find. Read chapters 1, 2 and 3. Read Chapters 6 & 7 for lecture 3. |
| 2 | 1-14 | The MR Signal
|
Web publication: MR Basics |
| 3 | 1-19 | Clinical uses of MRI
|
Class Notes |
| 4 | 1-21 | Safety and Lab Demo | Meets in Ahmanson-Lovelace BMD Building MR Lab (room121).
Do not enter the lab until someone tells you - it is potentially hazardous. |
| 5 | 1-26 | Spatial Encoding
|
Web tutorial: http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks//mri/mri-main.htm chapters 6 Mark's derivation of 2D encoding appears in the first section of the chapter on Echo-Planar Imaging through "MR Signal in the Presence of Gradients" |
| 6 | 1-28 | The Fourier Transform
Guest Lecture: Michael Zeineh |
Web Tutorial on the Fourier Transfrom Some Example FT Pairs |
| 7 | 2-2 | Spatial Encoding
Fast Imaging
|
Web tutorial: http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks//mri/mri-main.htm chapters 6 Mark's derivation of 2D encoding appears in the first section of the chapter on Echo-Planar Imaging |
| 8 | 2-4 | Rapid Imaging (from Taveras, RADIOLOGY) | |
| 9 | 2-9 | Mid-Term Handed Out
Fast Imaging (cont'd) |
|
| 10 | 2-11 | Image Quality | Web publications: (Old) Paper on Image Quality & Web Tutorial |
| 11 | 2-16 | MidTerm DUE 2-16
|
|
| 12 | 2-18 | Signal to Noise Ratio
|
|
| 13 | 2-23 | Angiography | Motion Artifacts in MR Imaging |
| 14 | 2-25 | The MR Instrument | Web Tutorial |
| 15 | 3-2 | ||
| 16 | 3-4 | Artifacts | Artifact Examples |
| 17 | 3-9 | ||
| 18 | 3-11 | ||
| 19 | 3-16 | ||
| 20 | 3-18 | ||
| 21 | 3-23 | ||
| 22 |