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Bushong, Stewart C.,

Magnetic resonance imaging : physical and biological principles / Stewart Carlyle Bushong, ScD, FAAPM, FACR, Professor of Radiologic Science, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, Geoffrey Clarke, PhD, Professor and Chief of Graduate Education, Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. - Fourth edition. - St. Louis: Elsevier, c2015 - xii, 513 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Fundamentals
1. An Overview of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2. Electricity and Magnetism
3. Nuclear Magnetism
4. Equilibrium-Saturation
Part II: The Magnetic Resonance Image
5. Radiofrequency Pulse Sequences
6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tissue Parameters
7. Manipulating Magnetic Resonance Image Contrast
8. Fourier Transforms in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Part III: The Imaging System
9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hardware
10. Primary Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnets
11. Secondary Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnets
Part IV: Image Formation
12. Digital Imaging
13. A Walk Through the Spatial Frequency Domain
14. The Musical Score
15. Magnetic Resonance Images
Part V: Pulse Sequences
16. Spin Echo Imaging
17. Chemical Shift and Magnetization Transfer
18. Steady State Gradient Echo Imaging
19. Hybrid Fast Imaging Techniques
20. Echo Planar Imaging
Part VI: Applications
21. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
22. Partially Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging
23. Magnetic Resonance Angiography
24. Perfusion Imaging
25. Diffusion Imaging
26. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Part VII: Safety
27. Contrast Agents and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
28. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Artifacts
29. Biological Effects of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
30. Managing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
Appendix A: The Bloch Equations Appendix
B: Additional Resources Practice Examinations Answers to Challenge Questions Answers to Practice Examinations Glossary of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Terms
Index

ISBN: 9780323073547 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0323073549 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2014016502

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Magnetic resonance imaging.
Nuclear magnetic resonance.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

LC Class. No.: RC78.7.N83.B87 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 616.07/54

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WN 185