M219 Syllabus ? Principles & Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Principles of MRI |
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| Date | Lecture | Assignments | Reading | |
| #1 | Mon. 04-Jan | MRI Systems I - B0 (DBE) [slides] [video] [code] | Matlab Tutorial or Matlab Help | 1.1-1.4 PDF1, PDF2 |
| Introduction to MRI, Superconductivity, and the Main Field (B0) | (2-week Matlab Self Study) | |||
| #2 | Wed. 06-Jan | Bulk Magnetization & Nuclear Precession (DBE) [slides ] [video] [code] | 2.1-2.2, 3.1 PDF | |
| NMR; Derive Equation of Motion for Spins and the Larmor Equation; Free Precession in the Laboratory Frame | ||||
| #3 | Fri. 08-Jan | MRI Systems II - B1 (DBE) [slides] [video] [code] | 3.2 PDF | |
| B1-fields, Resonance, RF Pulses, Free & Forced Precession without Relaxation, Laboratory vs Rotating Frame | ||||
| #4 | Mon. 11-Jan | Bloch Equations and Relaxation (DBE) [slides] [video] | HW #1 (Lectures #1-4) | 3.3 PDF |
| Bloch Equations, T1 & T2 relaxation | ||||
| #5 | Wed. 13-Jan | MRI Systems III - Gradients (DBE) [slides] [video] [code] | 4.4.1, 4.4.2, PDF | |
| Gradient hardware, spin phase, dephasing, eddy currents, non-linearities | ||||
| Mon. 18-Jan | University Holiday | |||
| #6 | Wed. 20-Jan | Basic Pulse Sequences I (DBE) [slides] [video] |
HW #1 Due |
4.1, 4.2 7.1-7.3, PDF1, PDF2 |
| FIDs and saturation & inversion recovery | ||||
| #7 | Fri. 22-Jan | Basic Pulse Sequences II (DBE) [slides] [video] | 4.3, 7.4, & 9.1 | |
| Spin echoes, inversion recovery spin echo, and fast spin echoes | ||||
| #8 | Mon. 25-Jan | Basic Pulse Sequences III (DBE) [slides] [video] | MRI Lab #1 [data] HW #2(Lectures #5-8) | 7.5 & 9.2-9.3 |
| Gradient Recalled Echoes & Gradient Echo Trains | ||||
| #9 | Wed. 27-Jan | Mathematical Fundamentals (Dr. Holden Wu) [slides] [video] [code] | 2.3-2.6 | |
| Convolution, Fourier Transform, Sampling Theorem | ||||
| #10 | Mon. 01-Feb | Signal Localization I (Dr. Kyung Sung) [slides] [video] [notes] | 5.1 | |
| RF Pulses & Slice Selection | ||||
| #11 | Wed. 03-Feb | Signal Localization II (Dr. Kyung Sung) [slides] [video] [notes] [code] |
HW #2 Due MRI Lab #1 Due Friday |
5.2-5.4 |
| Frequency & Phase Encoding, N-D imaging | ||||
| #12 | Mon. 08-Feb | The MRI Signal Equation (DBE) [slides] [video] | HW #3 (Lectures 9-13) | 3.4 |
| Phase sensitive detection and signal demodulation | ||||
| #13 | Wed. 10-Feb | Image Reconstruction I (DBE) [slides] [code] [video] | 5.2-5.4 | |
| k-space, gradients, and spatial frequency encoding. | ||||
| Mon. 15-Feb | University Holiday | |||
| #14 | Wed. 17-Feb | Image Reconstruction II (DBE) [slides] [video] | HW #3 Due | 6.1-6.2 |
| Infinite sampling, finite sampling, spatial resolution, point spread functions, and windowed reconstruction. | ||||
| #15 | Mon. 22 Feb | CANCELLED | ||
| #16 | Wed. 24-Feb | Imperfections & Artifacts (DBE) [slides] [video] | MRI Lab #2 [data] | TBA |
| Phase and frequency encoding artifacts, noise, and chemical shift. | ||||
Applications of MRI |
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| #17 | Mon. 29-Feb | Fast Imaging with Clinical Application (Peng Hu, Ph.D.) [slides] [video] | HW #4 [code] | |
| Parallel Imaging and Compressed Sensing | ||||
| #18 | Wed. 02-Mar | Quantitative Cardiovascular Flow Imaging (Mike Loecher, Ph.D.) [slides] [video] | MRI Lab #2 Due Friday | |
| Phase contrast MRI, gradient moments, flow compensation/sensitization | ||||
| #19 | Mon. 07-Mar | Course Review (DBE) [slides] [video] | ||
| Review of course material in preparation for the final exam. | ||||
| #20 | Wed. 09-Mar | Clinical Cardiac MRI (Kim-Lien Nguyen, M.D.) [slides] [video] | HW #4 Due (Friday) | |
| Routine cardiac MRI exams and diagnoses. ON-LINE COURSE EVALUATION IN CLASS | ||||
| Wed. 16-Mar | Final Exam - Lectures #1-20 - 1pm-4pm | |||