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Magnetic Resonance Imaging /euen/oncology/images/breast-health/onc_breast_wholemri.jpg /euen/oncology/images/breast-health/onc_breast_pulmo_500.jpg /euen/oncology/images/breast-health/onc_breast_bonemetasta_500.jpg Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Outline Magnetism and precession of magnetic moments Nuclear magnetic fields and nuclear magnetic moments Spin orientation and spin state transitions Larmor frequency RF pulses NMR signal T1 T2 relaxation Spin echo formation Contrast mechanisms MRI scanners and imaging /cardiac.jpg Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Outline NMRI or Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging is composed of three main ideas 1. Magnetic moments of unpaired protons or neutrons and their interaction with an applied magnetic field. ? Nuclear Magnetic 2. A resonance is created in system and this resonance is what we will try to detect by Faraday’s law. ? Resonance 3. We will use this information on the energy of the photons emitted to mathematically reconstruct an image. ? Imaging Contributing factors to MRI imaging Quantum properties of nuclear spins – produces a separation of magnetic moments into high and low energy states. Radio frequency (RF) excitation properties – produce an emission of radiation at a particular frequency that will ultimately be used to image a particular body feature. Tissue relaxation properties and nuclear environment determines the RF signal that is emitted. Changing magnetic field strength and gradients to probe the body. Timing of gradients, RF pulses, and signal detection to get a complete data set that can be manipulated to view the body. Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Outline Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI Basics Nucleus needs to have 2 properties: Spin Charge Nuclei are made of protons and neutrons Both have spin ? Protons have charge Pairs of spins tend to cancel, so only atoms with an odd number of protons or neutrons have spin Good nuclear choices for magnetic reso