McRobbie, Donald W., 1958- ,

MRI from picture to proton / Donald W. McRobbie, South Australia Medical Imaging, Adelaide, Australia, Elizabeth A. Moore, Global MR R&D, Royal Philips, the Netherlands, Martin J. Graves, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK, Martin R. Prince

. - Third edition. - Cambridge ; New York : University Printing House, Cambridge University Press, 2017. - xix, 382 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Preceded by MRI from picture to proton / Donald W. McRobbie ... [et al.]. 2nd ed. 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

MR : what's the attraction? -- Early daze : your first week in MR -- Seeing is believing : introduction to image contrast -- Lost in the pulse sequence jungle? -- The devil's in the detail : pixels, matrices, and slices -- What you set is what you get : basic image optimisation -- Improving your image : how to avoid artefacts -- Spaced out : spatial encoding -- Getting in tune : resonance and relaxation -- Let's talk technical : MR equipment -- Ghosts in the machine : quality control -- Acronyms anonymous I : spin echo -- Acronyms anonymous II : gradient echo -- The parallel universe : parallel imaging and novel acquisition techniques -- Go with the flow : MR angiography -- A heart to heart discussion : cardiac MRI -- It's not just squiggles : in vivo spectroscopy -- To BOLDly go : fMRI, perfusion and diffusion -- Making it count : quantitative MRI -- But is it safe? : bio-effects -- Where are we going now?

9781107643239 (pbk.) 1107643236 (pbk.)

2016008139


Magnetic Resonance Imaging

RC78.7.N83 / MCR 2017

616.07/548

WN 185