Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Biomedical/Electrical Engineering

Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A Signal Processing Perspective

A volume in the IEEE Press Series in Biomedical Engineering
Metin Akay. Series Editor

Since its inception in 1971. MRI has developed into a premier tool for anatomical and functional imaging. Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides a clear and comprehensive treatment of MR image formation principles from a signal processing perspective. You will find discussion of these essential topics:

• Mathematical fundamentals
• Signal generation and detection principles
• Signal characteristics
• Signal localization principles
• Image reconstruction techniques
• Image contrast mechanisms
• Image resolution, noise, and artifacts
• Fast-scan imaging
• Constrained reconstruction
• Spatial information encoding

Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging contains a comprehensive set or examples and homework problems. This textbook will provide students of biomedical engineering, biophysics, chemistry, electrical engineering, and radiology with a systematic, in-depth understanding of MRI principles.