{"product_id":"magnetic-resonance-imaging-physical-principles-and-sequence-design-9780471720850","title":"Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eNew edition explores contemporary MRI principles and practices\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThoroughly revised, updated and expanded, the second edition of \u003ci\u003eMagnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design\u003c\/i\u003e remains the preeminent text in its field. Using consistent nomenclature and mathematical notations throughout all the chapters, this new edition carefully explains the physical principles of magnetic resonance imaging design and implementation. In addition, detailed figures and MR images enable readers to better grasp core concepts, methods, and applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagnetic Resonance Imaging, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an introduction to fundamental principles, with coverage of magnetization, relaxation, quantum mechanics, signal detection and acquisition, Fourier imaging, image reconstruction, contrast, signal, and noise. The second part of the text explores MRI methods and applications, including fast imaging, water-fat separation, steady state gradient echo imaging, echo planar imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging, and induced magnetism. Lastly, the text discusses important hardware issues and parallel imaging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders familiar with the first edition will find much new material, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew chapter dedicated to parallel imaging\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew sections examining off-resonance excitation principles, contrast optimization in fast steady-state incoherent imaging, and efficient lower-dimension analogues for discrete Fourier transforms in echo planar imaging applications\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnhanced sections pertaining to Fourier transforms, filter effects on image resolution, and Bloch equation solutions when both rf pulse and slice select gradient fields are present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eValuable improvements throughout with respect to equations, formulas, and text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew and updated problems to test further the readers' grasp of core concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree appendices at the end of the text offer review material for basic electromagnetism and statistics as well as a list of acquisition parameters for the images in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcclaimed by both students and instructors, the second edition of \u003ci\u003eMagnetic Resonance Imaging\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most comprehensive and approachable introduction to the physics and the applications of magnetic resonance imaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert W. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D.\u003cbr\u003eInstitute Professor and Distinguished University Professor\u003cbr\u003eCase Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA\u003cbr\u003eHis research group efforts have resulted in over 200 published papers and abstracts, and his former students hold at least 150 patents (eight co-authored by him) and he has done important work in radiation physics, MRI, PET, CT, electromagnetics, inverse methods, mechanical and thermal modeling, nonlinear dynamics, EEG, MEG, sensors, and physics education, as well as a professional-life-long involvement in elementary particle physics and cosmology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYu-Chung N. Cheng\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D.\u003cbr\u003eAssociate Professor of Radiology\u003cbr\u003eWayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Mark Haacke\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D.\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA\u003cbr\u003eAdjunct Professor of Radiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA\u003cbr\u003eAdjunct Professor of Radiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada\u003cbr\u003eDistinguished Foreign Professor, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China\u003cbr\u003eDirector of The Magnetic Resonance Imaging Institute for Biomedical Research and Professor of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University. Dr. Haacke has two decades of experience teaching courses in physics, mathematics and statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael R. 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