Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The Basics

This book provides a description of the phenomenon of magnetic resonance and a brief summary of Fourier transformations. It discusses the hardware and electronics of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, the typical measurements and simulations of magnetic fields, and advanced imaging techniques.

1. Fourier Transformations 2. Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance I: Basic Physics 3. The Molecular Environment and Relaxation 4. Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance II: Imaging 5. Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance III: The Formalism of k-Space 6. Pulse Sequences 7. Introduction to Instrumentation 8. Tour of an MRI Facility 9. Signal, Noise, Resolution, and Image Contrast 10. Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging 11. Advanced Imagin Techniques: Parallel Imaging

Professional Reference

Christakis Constantinides, PhD joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Cyprus in September 2005. He has also acted as a consultant to his start-up firm, Chi-Biomedical Ltd. ever since. His specific research interest focuses on the study of cardiac mechanical function, computational and tissue structure modeling and characterization, hardware design, and functional and cellular tracking methods using MRI. The goal of his research efforts is the complete characterization of the electromechanical function of the heart in small animals and humans, aiming to promote the understanding of mechanisms of human disease that is predominantly underlined by genetic causes.