ADVANCES IN MEDICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MED PHYS/B M E 568 or 578 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and apply principles of MR signal generation, relaxation, echo generation, and spatial encoding. Audience: Graduate 2. Compose and test concepts of advanced MR image reconstruction concepts including partial Fourier MRI, parallel MRI, non-Cartesian MRI, compressed sensing. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply and judge image processing methods for the analysis of MR images for biomarkers such as T1 and T2 mapping and metabolite maps. Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize and organize advanced MR applications used in the clinic and research including quantitative MRI, BOLD MRI (fMRI), MR Angiography with and without contrast agents, motion sensitive MRI, perfusion and diffusion MRI, and PET-MRI. Audience: Graduate 5. Organize and compose concepts on sampling theory, signal-to-noise, artifacts, and pulse sequences to design protocols for MRI data acquisition, reconstruction, or processing. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate scientific communication skills for MRI research by composing oral presentations, written reports, and critiquing the work of others. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and apply principles of MR signal generation, relaxation, echo generation, and spatial encoding. Audience: Graduate 2. Compose and test concepts of advanced MR image reconstruction concepts including partial Fourier MRI, parallel MRI, non-Cartesian MRI, compressed sensing. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply and judge image processing methods for the analysis of MR images for biomarkers such as T1 and T2 mapping and metabolite maps. Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize and organize advanced MR applications used in the clinic and research including quantitative MRI, BOLD MRI (fMRI), MR Angiography with and without contrast agents, motion sensitive MRI, perfusion and diffusion MRI, and PET-MRI. Audience: Graduate 5. Organize and compose concepts on sampling theory, signal-to-noise, artifacts, and pulse sequences to design protocols for MRI data acquisition, reconstruction, or processing. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate scientific communication skills for MRI research by composing oral presentations, written reports, and critiquing the work of others. Audience: Graduate