Questions and Answers in MRI

Approximately 100 of the most frequently-asked questions about physical principles, hardware and equipment, image production, imaging techniques, safety issues, artifacts, contrast agents, flow phenomena and MR angiography are addressed in this book, which includes answers.

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Approximately 100 of the most frequently asked questions about physical principles, hardware and equipment, image production, imaging techniques, safety issues, artifacts, contrast agents, flow phenomena, and MR angiography are addressed in this book. Questions are followed by one to two paragraph answers and pertinent references. Instructive line drawings, tables, and carefully selected MR images clarify and reinforce key information. The questions are grouped by topic into ten sections on: introduction to MR imaging, physical principles of NMR, hardware considerations, image production, gradient echo imaging, MR artifacts, flow phenomena and MR angiography, MR contrast agents, advanced MR imaging techniques, and safety and biological effects.