Biomedical/Electrical Engineering

Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A Signal Processing Perspective

A volume in the IEEE Press Series in Biomedical Engineering
Metin Akay. Series Editor

Since its inception in 1971. MRI has developed into a premier tool for anatomical and runaional imaging. Prin ples ofMagne c Resonance Imaging provides a clear and comprehensive treatment of MR image formation principles from a signal processing perspective. You will find discussion of these essential topics:

• Mathematical fundamentals
• Signal generation and detection principles
• Signal characteristics
• Signal localization principles
• Image reconstruction techniques
• Image contrast mechanisms
• Image resolution. noise, and artifacts
• Fast-scan imaging
• Constrained reconstruction
• Spatial information encoding

Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging contains a omprehensive set or examples and homework problems. This textbook will provide students of biomedical engineering. biophysics. chetnistry. electrical engineering. and radiology with a systematic. in-depth understanding of MRI principles.