M229 - 2022 Spring Quarter Schedule
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| #1 | 3/29 Tue |
Introduction – Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications |
Background, p.3-28 |
| #2 | 3/31 Thu |
Pulse Sequences – Rapid GRE slides | notes |
14.1 Gradient Echo, p.579-606 review paper |
| #3 | 4/5 Tue |
Pulse Sequences – RARE / Bloch Simulation MATLAB demo slides | MATLAB scripts |
16.4 RARE, p.774-801 |
| #4 | 4/7 Thu |
Pulse Sequences – Extended Phase Graphs (EPG) / MATLAB demo slides | MATLAB scripts (emailed) [Homework 1] due on 4/22 Fri |
review paper |
| #5 | 4/12 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 | 4/14 Thu |
RF Pulse Design – Excitation k-space / MATLAB Demo
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Small-tip approximation 5.4 Spatial-Spectral Pulses, p.153-163 |
| #7 | 4/19 Tue |
Image Reconstruction – Partial k-space [Homework 2] due on 5/6 Fri |
13.4 Partial Fourier Reconstruction, p.546-557 |
| #8 | 4/21 Thu |
Project Discussion slides [Project proposal] due on 5/9 Mon [Project abstract] due on 6/3 Fri |
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| #9 | 4/26 Tue |
Fast Imaging – EPI, PROPELLER slides |
16.1 Echo Planar Imaging, p.702-739 17.5 Projection Acquisition, p.915-919 |
| #10 | 4/28 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 | 5/3 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 | 5/5 Thu |
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 |
ISMRM Week (no lectures) |
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| #13 | 5/17 Tue |
Image Reconstruction – Parallel Imaging slides | note |
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| #14 | 5/19 Thu |
Image Reconstruction – Compressed Sensing |
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| #15 | 5/24 Tue |
Image Analysis – Deep Learning (DL) by Fatemeh Zabihollahy |
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| #16 | 5/26 Thu |
Image Analysis – Challenges in Applying DL by Fatemeh Zabihollahy |
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| #17 | 5/31 Tue |
Advanced Application Topic - William Hsu, Ph.D. Towards Quantitative Analysis & Biological Insights of Disease
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| #18 | 6/2 Thu |
Advanced Application Topic - Ida Sonni, M.D. Introduction to PET/MRI |
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Final Project |
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TBD |
Final Project Abstract Due
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Final Project Presentation (10 min + 10 min Q&A)
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