M229 - 2021 Spring Quarter Schedule
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| #1 | 3/30 Tue |
Introduction – Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications |
Background, p.3-28 |
| #2 | 4/1 Thu |
Pulse Sequences – Rapid GRE slides | notes |
14.1 Gradient Echo, p.579-606 review paper |
| #3 | 4/6 Tue |
Pulse Sequences – RARE / Bloch Simulation MATLAB demo slides | MATLAB scripts |
16.4 RARE, p.774-801 |
| #4 | 4/8 Thu |
Pulse Sequences – Extended Phase Graphs (EPG) / MATLAB demo slides | MATLAB scripts (emailed) [Homework 1] due on 4/23 Fri |
review paper |
| #5 | 4/13 Tue |
RF Pulse Design – Adiabatic Pulses |
1.2 Rotating Reference Frame, p.21-28 6.2 Adiabatic Inversion Pulses, p.189-199 review paper |
| #6 | 4/15 Thu |
RF Pulse Design – Multi-dimensional Excitation k-space I
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Small-tip approximation 5.4 Spatial-Spectral Pulses, p.153-163 |
| #7 | 4/20 Tue |
RF Pulse Design – Multi-dimensional Excitation k-space II / MATLAB Demo [Homework 2] due on 5/7 Fri |
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| #8 | 4/22 Thu |
Project Discussion slides [Project proposal] due on 5/10 Mon [Project abstract] due on 6/4 Fri |
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| #9 | 4/27 Tue |
Fast Imaging – EPI, PROPELLER slides |
16.1 Echo Planar Imaging, p.702-739 17.5 Projection Acquisition, p.915-919 |
| #10 | 4/29 Thu |
Fast Imaging – Non-Cartesian Sampling I slides |
17.5 Projection Acquisition, p.897-927 17.6 Spiral, p.928-954 Spiral design code |
| #11 | 5/4 Tue |
Fast Imaging – Non-Cartesian Sampling II slides |
13.2 Gridding Reconstruction, p.506-521 13.5 Phase Difference Reconstruction, p.558-567 17.6 Spiral, p.946-952 |
| #12 | 5/6 Thu |
Image Reconstruction – Partial k-space slides | notes |
13.4 Partial Fourier Reconstruction, p.546-557 |
| #13 | 5/11 Tue |
Managing Motion in MRI slides |
11.5.3 Acquisition with Cardiac Triggering, p.415-418 12 Basics of Physiologic Gating, Triggering, and Monitoring, p.443-490 |
| #14 | 5/13 Thu |
Image Reconstruction – Parallel Imaging I |
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ISMRM Week (no lectures) |
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| #15 | 5/25 Tue |
Image Reconstruction – Parallel Imaging II |
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| #16 | 5/27 Thu |
Compressed Sensing / Artificial Intelligence |
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| #17 | 6/1 Tue |
Advanced Application Topic - Kim-Lien Nguyen, M.D. "T1 mapping for characterization of myocardial tissues"
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| #18 | 6/3 Thu |
Advanced Application Topic - Ai-Chi Chien, Ph.D. "Imaging and analysis for vascular disease" |
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Final Project |
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6/4 Fri |
Final Project Abstract Due
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6/7 Mon |
Final Project Recorded Presentation Due (5-6 min)
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| 6/8 Tue | Final Project Presentation and Q&A Session (5-6 min + 5 min Q&A) | ||