Part 6b of a six part series covering the fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging physics. This final section covers a recap of the previous five sessions and covers advanced imaging sequences and their application. Click here to view Part 6a, Part 6c or Part 1a.
Terms covered in Part 6:
- Cardiac CINE
- Turbo Spin Echo (Fast Spin Echo)
- Fast spin echo vs gradient echo
- Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR)
- Non-cartesian trajectories (spiral)
- Parallel Imaging
- Signal attenuation
- Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI)
- Diffusion tractography
- 3D phase contrast (PC) MR angiography
- Time-of-Flight (TOF) MR angiography
- Double Inversion Recovery Black-Blood Imaging
- Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling (PASL)
- Continuous (Pseduo-continuous) Arterial Spin Labeling (CASL)
- Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC) Perfusion
- Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) Perfusion
- Hemodynamic activation response
- Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD)