- Docente: Paola Berardi
- Credits: 3
- SSD: FIS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8485)
Course contents
Magnetic Field
SPIN
Slice, Voxel, Pixel
Electromagnetic Field
Frequency and Phase
Larmor equation
Boltzmann Statisitic
T1 and T2 Relaxation time
Free Induction Decay
Contrast imaging
Signal to Noise Ratio
Spatial encoding
K-Space
Fourier Transform
Pulse sequences
Spin echo
Gradient echo
Inversion Recovery
MR Hardware
Magnet and coils
Safety MRI
Italian and EU Law
Readings/Bibliography
Weishaupt, Kochli, Marincek - How does MRI work ? - Springer
McRobbie, Moore, Graves, Prince - MRI from picture to proton - Cambridge
Allen D. Elster - Questions and Answers in MRI Website!
http://mriquestions.com/index.html
The Basics of MRI - Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D.: http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/inside-i.htm
Diagnostica per immagini - Tomografia computerizzata (TC) e Risonanza Magnetica (RM) -Lentini - Golfieri • 2012
MRI in Practice - Catherine Westbrook,Carolyn Kaut Roth
MRI: Basic Principles and Applications - Di Brian M. Dale,Mark A. Brown,Richard C. Semelka
Teaching methods
Speaking conference
Assessment methods
Interview , during which the student is invited to discuss the topics of the recommended books for the study and the didactic material presented and discussed during the lessons.
The interview will be evaluated based on the following parameters:
- knowledge and depth of the content
- critical and exhibit ability
- technical-scientific terminological correctness.
Office hours
See the website of Paola Berardi