BASIC PHYSICS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)
History
Basis of MRI
Why hydrogen?
Types of magnet
The receiver coils
Gradient coils
Effect of a magnetic field on the protons
Slice selection
Local magnetic fields
What does being in resonance mean?
Effect of the RF pulse on the hydrogen protons
MRI basic sequence: spin echo sequence (SE)
T1 weighted sequence
T2 weighted sequence
Fast spin echo sequences
Proton density weighted sequence (D)
Inversion recovery sequence (IR)
Short time inversion recovery sequence (STIR)
Fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequence (FLAIR)
Contrast agents
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