Rad Tech's Guide to MRI-2판

Description:

This handy reference, revised and updated for this Second Edition, will give the practicing and training technologist
a solid understanding of basic MRI principles on which further learning can be built. Beginning with a hardware
overview and moving through tissue characteristics, image quality and flow imaging, Rad Tech's Guide to MRI: Basic
Physics, Instrumentation, and Quality Control should be used as both an introduction and an examination preparation
tool. Each book in the Rad Tech's Guide Series covers the essential basics for those preparing for their certifying
examinations and those already in practice.

Written by an expert practitioner and educator, this handy reference guide:

Provides essential MRI knowledge in a single portable, easy-to-read guide

Covers instrumentation and MRI hardware components, including gradient and radio-frequency subsystems

Provides techniques to handle flow imaging issues and improve the quality of MRIs

Explains the essential physics underpinning MRI technology

1 Hardware Overview

2 Fundamental Principles

3 Production of Magnetic Resonance Signal

4 Relaxation and Tissue Characteristics

5 Data Acquisition and Image Formation

6 Magnetic Resonance Image Quality

7 Artifacts

8 Flow Imaging

9 Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging

10 Gadolinium?Based Contrast Agents

Index