Main description:

This book provides a description of the phenomenon of magnetic resonance and a brief summary of Fourier transformations. It discusses the hardware and electronics of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, the typical measurements and simulations of magnetic fields, and advanced imaging techniques.

Contents:

1. Fourier Transformations 2. Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance I: Basic Physics 3. The Molecular Environment and Relaxation 4. Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance II: Imaging 5. Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance III: The Formalism of k-Space 6. Pulse Sequences 7. Introduction to Instrumentation 8. Tour of an MRI Facility 9. Signal, Noise, Resolution, and Image Contrast 10. Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging 11. Advanced Imagin Techniques: Parallel Imaging