Magnetic Resonance Imaging Huafen Guo
Introduction Medical Imaging Part of Biomedical imaging Radiology X-ray radiography ultrasound endoscopy magnetic resonance imaging etc. Musculoskeletal: joint disease and soft tissue tumors Neuroimaging : neurological cancer Functional MRI: brain Etc.
Components
Procedure Three field involved: Static magnetic field (very strong one) gradient field Radio-frequency (RF) field. MR signal: protons spin around their own axes
Procedure Excitation: it obtain information from the spins, powerful radio transmitter to generate the electromagnetic field to excite the spins. Return to equilibrium: RF frequency transmitter-----switch off. Spatial encoding :MR signal from the proton contain the information about where those protons are positioned in the patient create the image (three steps) slice selection frequency encoding phase encoding.
Slice Selection Add magnetic gradient vertical slice: the direction of gradients altered to an anterior-posterior gradient.
Disadvantage exposure of RF field----implanted devices implant (level of safety) MR-Safe, completely nonmagnetic, non-electrically conductive, and non-RF reactive. MR-Conditional, may contain magnetic, electrically conductive or RF-reactive. MR-Unsafe: contain magnetic electrically conductive or RF-reactive. projectile effect accidents acoustic noise---- ear protection Uncomfortable older scanner :40 minutes now:20 minutes
Conclusion Better improvement in the future.
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