Physics of magnetic resonance imaging: from spin to pixel

[en] Magnetic resonance imaging has become a major diagnostic tool in modern medicine. MRI makes it possible to obtain highly contrasted body images without ionizing radiation. Using the magnetic properties of hydrogen protons, MRI is at the crossroads between physics, electronics, signal processing and informatics. In this introductory text, the basic physical principles of MRI image formation are explained. Some important clinical applications are also presented.

Disciplines :

Radiology, nuclear medicine & imaging
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Chemistry
Physics

Author, co-author :

Gossuin, Yves ; Université de Mons > Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie > Biomathématiques

Hocq, Aline ; Université de Mons > Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie > Physique biomédicale

Gillis, Pierre ; Université de Mons > Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie > Physique biomédicale

Vuong, Quoc Lam ; Université de Mons > Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie > Physique biomédicale

Language :

English

Title :

Physics of magnetic resonance imaging: from spin to pixel

Publication date :

13 May 2010

Journal title :

Journal of Physics: D Applied Physics

ISSN :

0022-3727

eISSN :

1361-6463

Publisher :

Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, United Kingdom

Volume :

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Research unit :

M104 - Physique biomédicale

Available on ORBi UMONS :

since 25 January 2011

Statistics

Number of views

75 (0 by UMONS)

Number of downloads

86 (0 by UMONS)

More statistics

Scopus citations^®

Scopus citations^®
without self-citations

OpenCitations

OpenAlex citations

Bibliography

Abragam A 1961 The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
Slichter C P 1992 Principles of Magnetic Resonance (Springer Series in Solid State Sciences) (New York: Springer)
Mc Connell J 1987 The Theory of Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation in Liquids (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Bloch F 1946 Nuclear induction Phys. Rev. 70 460-74
Bloembergen N, Purcell E M and Pound V 1948 Relaxation effects in nuclear magnetic resonance absorption Phys. Rev. 73 679-712
Hahn E L 1950 Spin echoes Phys. Rev. 80 580-94
Purcell E M, Torrey H C and Pound V 1946 Resonance absorption by nuclear magnetic moments in a solid Phys. Rev. 69 37-8
Liang Z-P and Lauterbur P C 2000 Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (IEEE Press Series in Biomedical Engineering) (New York: IEEE Press)
Vlaardingerbroek M and den Boer J A 2003 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Berlin: Springer)
Lauterbur P C 1973 Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance Nature 242 190-1
Mansfield P and Grannell P K 1973 NMR 'diffraction' in solids? J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 6 L422-6
Haacke E M, Brown R W, Thompson M R and Venkatesan R 1999 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design (New York: Wiley-Liss)
Bittoun J 2008 Theory of k-space: Fourier Transformation of a Time Signal. ESMRMB Advanced Course (Leuven: Belgium)
Merbach A and Toth E 2001 The Chemistry of Contrast Agents (New York: Wiley)
Ogawa S, Lee T M, Kay A R and Tank D W 1990 Brain magnetic resonance imaging with contrast dependent on blood oxygenation Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 87 9868-72
Bandettini P A, Wong E C, Hinks R S, Tikofsky R S and Hyde J S 1992 Time course EPI of human brain function during task activation Magn. Reson. Med. 25 390-7
Ogawa S, Menon R S, Kim S and Ugurbil K 1998 On the characteristics of functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 27 447-74
Menon R S 2001 Imaging function in the working brain with fMRI Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 11 630-6
Owen A M, Coleman M R, Boly M, Davis M H, Laureys S and Pickards J D 2006 Detecting awareness in the vegetative state Science 313 1402
Edelman R R, Mattle H P, Atkinson D J and Hoogewoud H M 1990 MR angiography: review article Am. J. Roentgenol. 154 937-46
Miyasaki M and Roder F 2007 Fresh blood imaging: new perspectives in MR angiography Visions 11 40-5
Goyen M, Ruehm S G and Debatin J F 2000 MR-angiography: the role of contrast agents Eur. J. Radiol. 34 247-56
Meaney J F M, Boyle G and O'Keeffe S 2007 Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: current status, theoretical limitations and future potential Radiography 13 e31-e44
Luypaert R, Boujraf S, Sourbron S and Osteaux M 2001 Diffusion and perfusion MRI: basic physics Eur. J. Radiol. 38 19-27
Le Bihan L 2003 Looking into the functional architecture of the brain with diffusion MRI Nature Rev. Neurosci. 4 469-80
Katscher U and Börnert P 2007 Parallel magnetic resonance imaging Neurotherapeutics 4 499-510
Pruessmann K P, Weiger M, Scheidegger M B and Boesiger P 2002 SENSE: sensitivity encoding for fast MRI Magn. Reson. Med. 47 1202-10
Sodickson D K and Manning W J 1997 Simultaneous acquisition of spatial harmonics (SMASH): fast imaging with radiofrequency coil arrays Magn. Reson. Med. 38 591-603