- Docente: Claudia Testa
- Credits: 1
- SSD: BIO/12
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8486)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have a basic understanding of the MR spectroscopy technique and its application in vivo.
Course contents
Magnetic Resonance Spectrosocopy:
Chemical shift
J coupling
SV (single voxel) acquisition: PRESS and STEAM
CSI chemical shift imaging
MRS acquisition parameters
Post processing
Relative and absolute quantification
Quality assessment of MR spectra
Artifacts
1H-MRS of brain tissue
Healthy and pathological tissue
Heteronuclei: 31P and 13C
31P: brain, heart and muscles
13C: glucose metabolism
1H-MRS in diferent tissues
prostate 1H-MRS
breast 1H-MRS
Diffusion Weighted/Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Principles and acquisition techniques
fMRI
Principles and acquisition techniques
Readings/Bibliography
R. A. de Graaf, In vivo NMR spectroscopy. Principles and techniques, Second edition, John Wiley, Chichester (2008)
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam
Teaching tools
Fundamental bibliography
Office hours
See the website of Claudia Testa