M219 - 2022 Winter Quarter Schedule

Introduction 

MRI Systems I: B0

Homework #0 | MATLAB script

• Advances in whole-body MRI magnet
• Superconducting systems for MRI
• MR safe practices

Bulk Magnetization and Nuclear Precession

• Liang/Lauterbur - Ch 3.1
• Nishimura - Ch 4.1 and 4.2

MRI Systems II: B1

• Liang/Lauterbur - Ch 3.2

Bloch Equations and Relaxation / MRI Signal Detection

• Liang/Lauterbur - Ch 3.3
• Nishimura - Ch 5.2 and 5.3

MRI Systems III: Gradients

• Liang/Lauterbur - Ch 4.4.1
• Nishimura - Ch 5.1.2 and 7.3.2
• Gradient coil design
• MRI with dual gradients

Fundamental Math of MRI

• 2D Fourier transform
• Fourier transform and its applications

Spatial Localization I

• Liang/Lauterbur - Ch 5.1
• Nishimura - Ch 6.1, 6.2, and 6.4

Spatial Localization II

• Liang/Lauterbur - Ch 5.2, and 5.3
• Nishimura - Ch 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7

MRI Signal Equation and Basic Image Reconstruction (by Dr. Holden Wu)

Fast Imaging and Advanced Image Reconstruction (by Dr. Holden Wu)

Basics of MR Spectroscopy (by Dr. Albert Thomas)

• Robin de Graaf, In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition, Wiley Publications 2018, Chapters 2 and 6

Fast MR Spectroscopic Imaging (by Dr. Albert Thomas)

• Robin de Graaf, In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition, Wiley Publications 2018, Chapters 7 and 8

Basic Pulse Sequences I: Saturation Recovery and Inversion Recovery (by Dr. Ben Ellingson)

Basic Pulse Sequences II: Gradient Echoes (by Dr. Ben Ellingson)

‌Basic Pulse Sequences III: Spin Echoes

‌Imperfections and Artifacts (by Dr. Holden Wu)

3/16 at 2-4 pm ---- Final Exam at The Bauer Auditorium (BH-173 CHS)