This document, "Electromagnetics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles, Related Applications, and Ongoing Developments" by Christopher M. Collins, published in 2016, delves into the fundamental principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). It offers a comprehensive explanation of the physics behind MRI, from the basic phenomenon of nuclear precession to signal detection and patient safety. The book highlights the critical role of electromagnetics, detailing the generation and interaction of magnetic fields, their impact on image quality, and their implications for safety. It also contrasts MRI with other imaging modalities, such as optical, ultrasonic, X-ray, and nuclear medicine, and explores ongoing advancements in MRI technology.
This manual serves as a detailed resource for understanding the intricacies of MRI electromagnetics. It provides simple explanations and pertinent equations to clarify complex concepts, covering essential areas like magnetic field generation, concomitant electric fields, and their interaction with the subject. The content is structured to illuminate the fundamental phenomenon of nuclear precession through signal detection and MRI safety, with a particular emphasis on areas directly related to electromagnetics. The book also includes numerous references and discusses the unique aspect of MRI's resolution relative to its wavelength, offering insights into the field's progress and future outlook.
In the past few decades, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become an indispensable tool in modern medicine, with MRI systems now available at every major hospital in the developed world. But for all its utility and prevalence, it is much less commonly understood and less readily explained than other common medical imaging techniques. Unlike optical, ultrasonic, X-ray (including CT), and nuclear medicine-based imaging, MRI does not rely primarily on simple transmission and/or reflection of energy, and the highest achievable resolution in MRI is orders of magnitude smaller that the smallest wavelength involved. In this book, MRI will be explained with emphasis on the magnetic fields required, their generation, their concomitant electric fields, the various interactions of all these fields with the subject being imaged, and the implications of these interactions to image quality and patient safety. Classical electromagnetics will be used to describe aspects from the fundamental phenomenon of nuclear precession through signal detection and MRI safety. Simple explanations and Illustrations combined with pertinent equations are designed to help the reader rapidly gain a fundamental understanding and an appreciation of this technology as it is used today, as well as ongoing advances that will increase its value in the future. Numerous references are included to facilitate further study with an emphasis on areas most directly related to electromagnetics.
Author: Collins, Christopher M.
Publisher: IOP Concise Physics
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Electromagnetics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles, Related Applications, and Ongoing Developments
Pages: 00084 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00084 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2016-03-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781681740195
Category: Science : Physics - General
Category: MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine
In the past few decades, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become an indispensable tool in modern medicine, with MRI systems now available at every major hospital in the developed world. But for all its utility and prevalence, it is much less commonly understood and less readily explained than other common medical imaging techniques. Unlike optical, ultrasonic, X-ray (including CT), and nuclear medicine-based imaging, MRI does not rely primarily on simple transmission and/or reflection of energy, and the highest achievable resolution in MRI is orders of magnitude smaller that the smallest wavelength involved. In this book, MRI will be explained with emphasis on the magnetic fields required, their generation, their concomitant electric fields, the various interactions of all these fields with the subject being imaged, and the implications of these interactions to image quality and patient safety. Classical electromagnetics will be used to describe aspects from the fundamental phenomenon of nuclear precession through signal detection and MRI safety. Simple explanations and Illustrations combined with pertinent equations are designed to help the reader rapidly gain a fundamental understanding and an appreciation of this technology as it is used today, as well as ongoing advances that will increase its value in the future. Numerous references are included to facilitate further study with an emphasis on areas most directly related to electromagnetics.
Author: Collins, Christopher M.
Publisher: IOP Concise Physics
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Electromagnetics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles, Related Applications, and Ongoing Developments
Pages: 00084 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00084 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2016-03-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781681740195
Category: Science : Physics - General
Category: MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine
