BookSven Plein, John P. Greenwood, John P. Ridgway.
Contents:
What's inside the magnet and why?
The MRI environment
Protons and spins: the origin of the MRI signal
Generating a signal: RF pulses and echoes
Relaxation times, gradient echoes, and spin echoes
Making an image: locating and encoding signals in space
Image space and k-space
Imaging parameters and image attributes
Improving SNR with surface coils and array coils
Pulse sequences and image contrast
Gradient echo versus spin echo
Black blood versus bright blood imaging
Dealing with cardiac motion: how do we image the beating heart?
Dealing with respiratory motion
Fast imaging: how do we speed up the image acquisition?
Special pulse sequences for cardiac imaging
Common artifacts
The basics of a CMR study
Components of CMR protocols
Anatomy of CMR
The CMR report
Diseases of the aorta
Cardiomyopathies
Pericardial disease
Cardiac masses
Valvular heart disease
Ischemic heart disease
Basic adult congenital heart disease (ACHD)
Pulmonary vein assessment
Interventional cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.