Admission Requirements
Introduction to quantum mechanics. Please get in touch with the teacher if not applicable to your case.
Programming basics are preferable, but not a must.
Students from chemistry, mathematics, astronomy and engineering are also welcome to attend the course.
Description
The course will describe the quantum mechanical and semi-classical formulation of nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging, together with their biomedical applications and the hardware needed to perform these experiments.
The course will consist of lectures where specific topics will be presented; exercises solved in the classroom; and ad-hoc sessions in which scientific papers will be discussed/presented by groups of students (i.e. a journal club).
Specific covered topics are:
NMR basics: energy levels, quantum mechanics formalism of magnetic resonance, precession, RF pulses, relaxation, chemical shift, one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy
MRI basics: k-space, imaging sequences, image contrast, T1- and T2-weighted sequences, instrumentation
Advanced MRI: fast imaging, angiography, lipid suppression, localized spectroscopy, diffusion and perfusion.
Course objectives
After completing the course, you will be able to:
identify the physical principles behind NMR spectra appearance
apply the concept of T1 or T2 recovery/decay to a practical situation
apply the product operator formalism to the time-evolution of the magnetization during a complex pulse sequence
take an informed decision on how to proceed with an experiment based on a given data quality
identify and analyze and the sources of image contrast in an MRI image
Transferable Skills
You will need to prepare for lectures ahead, by studying the lecture material and solving quizzes and assignments given by the instructor
You will be scoring previous-years exams and discuss the grade with a peer
During the journal club, you will present and discuss a research paper in front of the classroom
Timetable
See Timetable in BrightspaceSchedule
For detailed information go to Timetable in Brightspace
Mode of instruction
See Brightspace
Assessment method
The final exam consists of open-ended and multiple-choice questions (95% of the total grade). The assessment matrix of the exam will be made available during the course.
Additional grade (up to 5%) based on journal club. The rubric of the journal club will be made avaialble during the course.
If required, the exam may be re-taken.
BrightSpace
Registration for Brightspace occurs via uSis by registration for a class activity using a class number
Reading list
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design,
Second Edition
Author(s): Robert W. Brown Ph.D., Yu‐Chung N. Cheng Ph.D., E. Mark Haacke Ph.D., Michael R. Thompson Ph.D., Ramesh Venkatesan D.Sc., First published:22 April 2014 Print ISBN:9780471720850 |Online ISBN:9781118633953 |DOI:10.1002/9781118633953 © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Text available at the library (online format)
Contact
The course is offered by teachers of the Gorter-centre for High Field MRI (LUMC).
Instructor: Dr. Lucia Bossoni