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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Editors | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Components of an MR Scanner | |
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| MR Safety: Static Magnetic Field | |
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| MR Safety: Gradient Magnetic and Radiofrequency Fields | |
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| Radiofrequency (RF) Coils | |
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| Multichannel Coil Technology: Introduction | |
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| Multichannel Coil Technology: Body Imaging | |
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| Imaging Basics: k Space, Raw Data, Image Data | |
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| Motion Reduction: Triggering, Gating, Navigator Echoes | |
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| Image Resolution: Pixel and Voxel Size | |
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| Imaging Basics: Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) | |
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| Imaging Basics: Contrast-to-Noise Ratio (CNR) | |
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| SNR Versus CNR | |
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| T1, T2, and Proton Density | |
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| Spin Echo Imaging | |
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| Fast Spin Echo Imaging | |
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| Fast Spin Echo: Reduced Refocusing Angle | |
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| Driven-Equilibrium Fourier Transformation (DEFT) | |
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| Reordering: Phase Encoding | |
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| Half Acquisition Single-Shot Turbo Spin Echo (HASTE) | |
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| Inversion Recovery: Part 1 | |
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| Inversion Recovery: Part 2 | |
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| Fluid-Attenuated IR with Fat Saturation (FLAIR FS) | |
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| Spoiled Gradient Echo | |
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| Refocused (Steady State) Gradient Echo | |
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| Dual-Echo Steady State (DESS) | |
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| Balanced Gradient Echo | |
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| Balanced Steady-State Free Precession (b-SSFP) | |
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| PSIF: The Backward-Running FISP | |
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| Constructive Interference in a Steady State (CISS) | |
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| TurboFLASH, FSPGR, TFE | |
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| BLADE (PROPELLER) | |
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| Faster and Stronger Gradients: Part 1 | |
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| Faster and Stronger Gradients: Part 2 | |
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| Multislice Imaging and Concatenations | |
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| 3D Imaging: Basic Principles | |
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| 3D Imaging: MP-RAGE | |
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| 3D Imaging: SPACE | |
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| Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging | |
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| Echo Planar Imaging | |
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| Flow Effects: Fast and Slow Flow | |
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| Phase Imaging: Flow | |
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| 2D Time-of-Flight MRA | |
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| 3D Time-of-Flight MRA | |
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| Flip Angle, TR, MT, and Field Strength (in 3D TOF MRA) | |
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| Phase-Contrast MRA | |
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| Contrast-Enhanced MRA: Basics; Renal, Abdomen | |
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| Contrast-Enhanced MRA: Carotid Arteries | |
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| Contrast-Enhanced MRA: Peripheral Circulation | |
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| Dynamic MRA (TWIST/TREAT) | |
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| Image Composing | |
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| Continuous Moving-Table Imaging | |
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| Abdomen: Motion Correction | |
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| Volume-Interpolated Breath-Hold Examination (VIBE) | |
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| Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) | |
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| Fat Suppression: Spectral Saturation | |
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| Water Excitation, Fat Excitation | |
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| Fat Suppression: Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR) | |
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| Fat Suppression: Phase Cycling | |
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| Magnetization Transfer | |
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| Calculating T1 and T2 Relaxation Times (Calculated Images) | |
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| Perfusion Imaging | |
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| Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) | |
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| Diffusion-Weighted Imaging | |
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| Diffusion Tensor Imaging | |
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| Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent (BOLD) Imaging: Theory | |
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| Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent (BOLD) Imaging: Applications | |
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| Proton Spectroscopy (Theory) | |
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| Proton Spectroscopy (Chemical-Shift Imaging) | |
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| Number of Averages | |
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| Slice Thickness | |
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| Slice Profile | |
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| Slice Excitation Order (in Fast Spin Echo Imaging) | |
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| Slice Orientation | |
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| Field of View (FOV) | |
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| Field of View: Rectangular | |
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| Matrix Size: Readout | |
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| Matrix Size: Phase Encoding | |
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| Partial Fourier | |
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| Image Interpolation (Zero Filling) | |
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| Parallel Imaging: Part 1 | |
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| Parallel Imaging: Part 2 | |
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| Filtering Images (to Reduce Artifacts) | |
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| Filtering Images (to Improve SNR) | |
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| Geometric Distortion | |
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| 3D Evaluation: Image Postprocessing | |
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| Contrast Media: Gd Chelates with Extracellular Distribution | |
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| Contrast Media: Gd Chelates with Protein Binding | |
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| Contrast Media: Other Agents (Non-gadolinium) | |
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| Cardiac Morphology | |
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| Cardiac Function | |
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| Cardiac Imaging: Myocardial Perfusion | |
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| Cardiac Imaging: Myocardial Viability | |
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| MR Mammography: Dynamic Imaging | |
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| MR Mammography: Silicone | |
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| Artifacts: Magnetic Susceptibility | |
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| Maximizing Magnetic Susceptibility | |
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| Artifacts: Metal | |
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| Chemical Shift: Sampling Bandwidth | |
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| Motion: Ghosting and Smearing | |
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| Gradient Moment Nulling | |
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| Spatial Saturation | |
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| Flow Artifacts | |
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| Aliasing | |
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| Truncation Artifacts | |
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| New Open MR Systems | |
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| Magnetic Field Effects at 3 T | |
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| SNR at 3 T | |
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| Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) | |
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| Advanced Receiver Coil Design | |
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| Acronyms | |
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| Index | |