BME Medical Imaging Applications Part 2: INTRODUCTION TO MRI Lecture 2 Basics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Feb. 23, 2005 James D. Christensen, Ph.D. IU School of Medicine Department of Radiology Research II building, E002C
References Online resources for introductory review of MRI physics: Robert Cox’s book chapters online See “Background Information on MRI” section Mark Cohen’s intro Basic MR Physics slides Douglas Noll’s Primer on MRI and Functional MRI Joseph Hornak’s Web Tutorial, The Basics of MRI Books covering basics of MRI physics: E. Mark Haacke, et al. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design, D. Shaw. Fourier Transform NMR Spectroscopy, R. N. Bracewell. The Fourier Transform and its Applications, 1965.
Fourier Transform Discrete case
Fourier Transform Pairs
Convolution Theorem
Signal Detection: Real & Image Components X channel (0 phase - Real) Y channel (90 phase - Imaginary)
Single-Channel Detection X channel (0 phase - Real) Y channel (90 phase - Imaginary) Problem: positive & negative frequencies cannot be distinguished!
Quadrature Detection + and - frequencies can be distinguished. The entire bandwidth can be utilized
Signal ADC With sufficient sampling rate
Signal ADC Insufficient sampling rate causes aliasing
K-Space Encoding Using an Applied Gradient Where ρ is the spin density and k is the spatial frequency
Frequency-Encoding 2-Spin Example Dirac Delta function (line with width=0)
Phase-Encoding
2D K-Space -> Image Space
Slice Selection
Oblique Slice Selection
Spin-Echo Pulse Sequence
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