Program Overview

MRS555 Advanced Principles in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

This subject covers the concepts of physics and instrumentation in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It briefly reviews the basic physics principles of MRI and extensively considers the physics of advanced principles and techniques.

Subject Topics

The following subject topics will be extensively covered:

• MR safety
• MR quality assurance
• Perfusion
• fMRI
• Non proton imaging
• Coil design
• MR angiography
• MR spectroscopy
• Diffusion
• 3D sequences
• MR contrast
• Fat suppression techniques
• K-space sampling

Availability

The subject is available in:

• Session 1 (30) - Online and Wagga Wagga Campus
• Session 2 (60) - Online and Wagga Wagga Campus

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

Two sessions

School

School of Dentistry and Health Sciences

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of MRI
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the advanced principles of MRI covered in this subject
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of quality in MRI
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of coil and other MR hardware designs
• Be able to review and synthesise appropriate literature and relate medical radiations interdisciplinary learning to the broader health-care sector
• Be able to demonstrate how to apply national and international research findings to the clinical setting

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• The basic physics and principles of MRI (covered briefly, as revision)
• Coil and other MR hardware designs
• Perfusion
• fMRI
• MR angiography
• MR spectroscopy
• Non proton imaging
• Diffusion
• 3D sequences
• Fat suppression techniques
• K-space sampling
• MR contrast
• MR safety
• MR quality assurance