Full Description
This text equips radiologists with a firm working knowledge of the physical principles underlying cardiovascular MR image generation. Emphasis is on practical applications of MR physics in customizing and optimizing imaging sequences and protocols and minimizing artifacts.
Section I covers basic principles of MR physics and includes a chapter on safety. Section II applies these principles to vascular imaging, including gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography. Section III examines various techniques and applications of cardiac MR imaging.
Each chapter includes boxed Key Concepts, Challenging Questions, and Review Questions, and many chapters include sample protocols. More than 400 drawings and scans complement the text.
Contents
Abbreviations and Symbols
MR PHYSICS
Overview of MRI and Basic Principles
RF Excitation and Signal Generation
Tissue Characteristics and Contrast Agents: PD, T1, and T2
Echoes
Spatial Localization and Introduction to k-space
k-space
More k-space: The Relationship between k-space and the Image
Fast Scanning and k-space Shortcuts
Selectively Saturating, NUL>
Safety and Cardiovascular MRI
VASCULAR MR IMAGING
Flow
Time-of-Flight MR Angiography
Phase Contrast MRI: Flow Quantification and MR Angiography
Gadolinium-enhanced MR Angiography
CARDIAC MR IMAGING
ECG Gating
Cardiac Imaging Planes
Black Blood Imaging
Cine Gradient Echo Imaging
Tissue Characterization in the Heart
Phase Contrast Flow Quantification in the Heart
Ischemic Cardiac Disease
Coronary Artery Imaging
Glossary of Terms
