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Magnetic Resonance Phenomena

Course
2020-2021

Admission Requirements

Introduction to quantum mechanics. Please get in touch with the teacher if not applicable to your case.

Description

The course will describe the quantum mechanical and semi-classical formulation of nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging, together with their biomedical applications and the hardware needed to perform these experiments.
The course will consist of lectures where specific topics will be presented; exercises solved in front of the classroom; and ad-hoc sessions in which scientific papers will be discussed/presented by groups of students (i.e. a journal club).
Specific covered topics are:

  • NMR basics: energy levels, quantum mechanics formalism of magnetic resonance, precession, RF pulses, relaxation, chemical shift, one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy

  • MRI basics: k-space, imaging sequences, image contrast, T1- and T2-weighted sequences, instrumentation

  • Advanced MRI: fast imaging, angiography, lipid suppression, localized spectroscopy, diffusion and perfusion.

Course objectives

After completing the course, you will be able to:

  • identify the physical principles behind NMR spectra appearance

  • apply the concept of T1 or T2 recovery/decay to a practical situation

  • apply the product operator formalism to the time-evolution of the magnetization during a complex pulse sequence

  • take an informed decision on how to proceed with an experiment based on a given data quality

  • identify and analyze and the sources of image contrast in an MRI image

Transferable Skills

  • You will need to prepare for lectures ahead, by studying the lecture material and solving quizzes and assignments given by the instructor

  • You will be scoring previous-years exams and discuss the grade with a peer

  • During the journal club, you will present and discuss a research paper in front of the classroom

Timetable

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Mode of instruction

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Assessment method

The final exam consists of open-ended and multiple-choice questions (95% of the total grade). The assessment matrix of the exam will be made available during the course.

Additional grade (up to 5%) based on journal club. The rubric of the journal club will be made avaialble during the course.

If required, the exam may be re-taken.

BrightSpace

Registration for Brightspace occurs via uSis by registration for a class activity using a class number

Reading list

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design,
Second Edition
Author(s): Robert W. Brown Ph.D., Yu‐Chung N. Cheng Ph.D., E. Mark Haacke Ph.D., Michael R. Thompson Ph.D., Ramesh Venkatesan D.Sc., First published:22 April 2014 Print ISBN:9780471720850 |Online ISBN:9781118633953 |DOI:10.1002/9781118633953 © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Text available at the library (online format)

Contact

The course is offered by teachers of the Gorter-centre for High Field MRI (LUMC).
Main instructor: Dr. Lucia Bossoni