Echo-Planar Imaging

This book describes applications and techniques of the MRI method of echo-planar imaging. It contains detailed and precise accounts of image production, artifacts, and optimization methods. Applications are imaging of brain function, stroke and cerebral blood flow as well as cardiac and abdominal clinical uses.
TOC: From the contents: Historical Development of Echo-Planar Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Theory of EPI. EPI Hardware. EPI Pulse Sequences. EPI Reconstruction. EPI Image Artifacts. Physiological Side Effects and Fast Gradient Switching. EPI Angiography. Diffusion Imaging with EPI. EPI of the Abdomen. EPI of the Heart. Perfusion Imaging with EPI. Clinical Applications of Neuroimaging Using EPI. EPI of Human Brain Activation. EPI for Functional Brain Imaging. EPI on Small-Bore Systems. EPI Hybrids, Single Shot RARE. Turbo Spin Echo Imaging. Gradient and Spin-Echo (GRASE) Imaging. Spiral EPI