Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine

Instrumentation magnets, coils and hardware; the basis of MR contrast; principles of image formation; flow - theory and MR techniques; contrast agents and relaxation effects; bioeffects and safety considerations; artifacts; brain development - normal and abnormal; intracranial haemorrhage; intraaxial brain tumours; extraaxial brain tumours; intracranial vascular malformations and aneurysms; cerebral infarction and ischemic disease; head trauma; white matter diseases; intracranial infection; CNS manifestations of inherited disorders and syndromes; the ageing brain and neurodegenerative disorders; sella and parasellar region; base of the skull; diseases of the temporal bone; the orbit and visual system; degenerative disease of the spine; spinal trauma; infectious and inflammatory disease of the spine and spinal cord; congenital anomalies of the spine and spinal cord; neoplastic disease of the spine and spinal cord; vascular disorders of the spine and spinal cord; fast imaging - principles, techniques and clinical applications; functional MRI of the brain; MR angiography - clinical applications; MR spectroscopy and the biochemical basis of neurologic disease.