Mri Basic Principles And Applications, 5E

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an integral component of medical imaging. Whilst new measurement techniques and applications continue to be developed nearly thirty years after the initial clinical scanners were installed the basic principles behind the measurement techniques remain as true today as then. This fifth edition of MRI Basic Principles and Applications presents the fundamental concepts of MRI in a clear and concise manner, minimizing the mathematical formalism yet providing a foundation to understand the results that are obtained with today's clinical scanners.

This is an ideal resource to help radiologists prepare for their exams and understand the underlying MR physics principles as efficiently as possible.

"... a useful tool for those engaged in the technical aspects of MRI ... a practical basic guide for general radiologists, technologists and their students" (The International MS Journal, September 2004).

"... successful in transferring key ideas in an undaunting and progressive manner ... thoroughly deserves a place on the bookshelf ..."

(NMR in Biomedicine, 17(4), June 2004).

"... it will reward the reader with an understanding of the principles underpinning nuclear magnetic resonance" (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, May 2003).

Brian M. Dale, Ph.D. MBA is Zone Research Manager, MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc. Brian is a younger colleague at Siemens of the previous co-author, Dr Mark Brown. Brian has a PhD in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. His interests are in sequence programming and optimal design.

Mark A. Brown, Ph.D. is Senior Technical Instructor at Siemens Medical Solutions Training and Development Center. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Duke University, in Durham, NC. His research interests include relaxation and exchange phenomena and in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging.

Richard Semelka, MD, is Director of Magnetic Resonance Services, Professor, and Vice Chairman of Radiology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Medical School. He received his medical degree and residency training in radiology in his native Canada at the University of Manitoba, and completed a clinical research fellowship in MRI of the body at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Semelka has authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles, 12 textbooks including the WileyAbdominal-Pelvic MRI and Current Clinical Imaging series and is an internationally acclaimed authority in the field.