ECE 695T - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Note:
Several class assignments will be based on data collected from the Purdue MRI Facility (located at InnerVision West in the Purdue Research Park) during imaging sessions designed by the class as part of lecture or homework assignments. Examples of such assignments include, but are not limited to, proton spectroscopy of select tissues, optimization of imaging parameters for maximization of contrast between tissues, and basic functional MRI experimentation.
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
Counts as:
Experimental Course Offered:
Fall 2008
Catalog Description:
Concepts, implementation and application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in medical imaging and medical spectroscopy. Topics: Mathematical foundations, NMR properties of materials, principles of NMR spectroscopy, multi-dimensional image acquisition and reconstruction, physiology of functional MRI (fMRI), fMRI experimental design and analysis. Students will be required to complete Human Subjects training.
Required Text(s):
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging , S. A. Huettel, A. W. Song, G. McCarthy , Sinauer Associates , 2004 , ISBN No. 0878932887
- Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Signal Processing Perspective , Z-P Liang, P.C. Lauterbur , Wiley-IEEE Press , 1999 , ISBN No. 9780780347236
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
| Weeks | Principal Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the MRI device |
| 1 | Mathematical Foundations: Linear Algebra, Fourier Transforms |
| 1 | NMR properties of materials and tissues |
| 1 | Measurement of NMR properties |
| 2 | Basics of NMR spectroscopy: chemical shift, localization |
| 2 | MR imaging: multi-dimensional acquisition and reconstructions |
| 2 | Physiologic basis of Functional MRI (fMRI) |
| 2 | fMRI experimental design |
| 2 | fMRI statistical analysis and interpretation |
| 1 | Exams |
Assessment Method:
none