McRobbie D.W., Moore E.A., Graves M.J., Prince M.R. MRI from Picture to Proton

Cambridge University Press, 2007. — 406 p.MRI from Picture to Proton presents the basics of MR practice and theory as the practitioner first meets them. The subject is approached intuitively: starting from the images, equipment and scanning protocols, rather than pages of dry physics theory. The reader is brought faceto-face with issues pertinent to practice immediately, filling in the theoretical background as their scanning experience grows. Key ideas are introduced in an intuitive manner which is faithful to the underlying physics but avoids the need for difficult or distracting mathematics. Additional explanations for the more technically inquisitive are given in optional secondary text boxes. Informal in style, informed in content, written by experienced teachers, MRI from Picture to Proton is an essential text for the student of MR whatever their background: medical, technical or scientific.MR: what’s the attraction?
Early daze: your first week in MR
Seeing is believing: introduction to image contrast
The devil is in the detail: pixels, matrices & slices
What you set is what you get: basic image optimisation
Improving your image: how to avoid artefacts
Spaced out: spatial encoding
Getting in tune: resonance and relaxation
Let’s talk technical: MR equipment
But is it safe? Bioeffects
Ghosts in the machine: quality control
Guide to PSJ (pulse sequence jungle)
Go with the flow: MR angiography
A heart-to-heart discussion: cardiac MRI
It’s not just squiggles: in-vivo spectroscopy
To BOLDly go: new frontiers
The Parallel Universe: parallel imaging and novel acquisition techniquesMaths revision