Magnetic Resonance Imaging Theory and Practice

This text book give a comprehensive survey of the analytical treatment of MRI physics and engineering. It gives readers n the background needed to cope with the problems that arise when applying MRI in medicine or when (sub) systems or sequences for new applications are designed. Special attention is paid to the treatment of intrinsic artefacts of the different sequences, which can be described in a mathematically uniform way for the different scan methods. The book contains many images, especially showing specific properties of the different scan methods. The methods discussed include RARE, GRASE, EPI, and Spiral Scan. This second edition has been expanded in response to recent developments in MRI. In various places the treatment is refined. In particular, the chapter on motion and flow is expanded. A new chapter is added, describing the configuration theory and its use in the understanding of multi-pulse sequences such as BURST, TSE and FFE. This edition also offers an overview by A. L. Luiten of the early history of MR imaging.