This volume in the Academic Press Electromagnetism series presents a self-contained introduction to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This technology has been evolving at a remarkable pace and it has become a very valuable and even indispensable diagnostic tool in various areas of medicine.
Although magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, has been with us for quite some time and is in widespread and routine use, good “recipe books” on the performance of specific actual studies are hard to find.
MRI at a Glance is one of a series of books that presents complex information on medical subjects in an easily accessible format. The aim is to have all information on a particular topic summarized on two facing pages of the book so that the reader has essential points at their fingertips.
Our intention in writing MRI: Basic Principles and Applications was to provide a book that would serve as a bridge between the theory and practical usage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We minimized the use of intense mathematical formalism and attempted to show the underlying foundation for MRI as it is currently used.
The concept of spatially localized nuclear magnetic resonance (now called magnetic resonance imaging or MRI) evolved in the early 1970s. Like many developments in science, these early suggestions were considered esoteric and it took almost a decade before industry recognized their diagnostic potential.
Those of us involved in the development of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in the late 1980’s could hardly envision the routine application of MRA in every MR facility everyday. In those years there was spectacular development of many new MR clinical applications.
It is with great pleasure that we present this completely revised English edition of our book How Does MRI Work? An Introduction to the Physics and Function of Magnetic Resonance Imaging only two years after publication of the first English edition.
The first edition of Handbook of MRI Technique was a resounding success. The rapidly increasing number of radiographers and technologists entering the modality, coupled with the development of education and training courses worldwide, has resulted in an increased demand for MRI books of any shape and size.
The growth of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a tool for studying brain function, as opposed to its more traditional role as a tool for studying brain anatomy and pathology, has been quite remarkable over the past decade.
