This book aims to allow readers with the basics of physics and mathematics within the field MRI to easily immerse themselves in techniques that are not familiar to them. Pragmatic in approach, moving between the physics underlying the techniques being studied and the clinical examination of images, it will also be of interest to radiologists looking to define protocols or make better use of the images obtained.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Flow
• 1.1. Blood
• 1.2. Basic phenomena in angiography
• 1.3. Artifacts relating to the flow
• 1.4. MRA sequences
• 1.5. Study of two clinical problems
• Chapter 2. Diffusion
• 2.1. General points
• 2.2. Principle behind diffusion imaging and the associated sequence
• 2.3. Study of the obtained signal
• 2.4. Diffusion sequence and diffusion images
• 2.5. The different clinical applications for diffusion
• 2.6. Artifacts frequently encountered in diffusion
• 2.7. Diffusion-tensor imaging
• 2.8. Tractography
• Chapter 3. Perfusion
• 3.1. General points
• 3.2. Exogenous tracers
• 3.3. Endogenous tracers: ASL technique
• 3.4. Medical applications
• Chapter 4. Functional MRI
• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. Principle
• 4.3. Introduction to statistical analysis
• 4.4. Statistical analysis and fMRI
• 4.5. Pre-processing and limitations of fMRI
• 4.6. Application of fMRI
• Bibliography