Program Overview

Course Overview

The course Advanced MR Physics (RAT3112) is a second-degree level course that deals with theoretical principles for advanced MRI techniques with relevance in clinics or research.

Course Details

• Credits: 15
• Level: Second degree level
• Course start: Spring 2026
• Duration: 1 semester
• Language of instruction: Norwegian
• Location: Trondheim
• Examination arrangement: Oral/practical exam

Course Content

The course covers advanced methods for MR imaging, including:

• K-space filling, including non-cartesian methods
• Methods for suppression of fat signals, artifacts, and methods to reduce them
• Techniques for fast acquisitions (parallel imaging, multiband, and more)
• Perfusion (DCE-MRI, DSC-MRI, and ASL)
• Clinical 7T MRI
• fMRI
• DTI with fiber tracking
• MRS
• Multimodal MRI, including PET/MRI The course content will adapt to changes as a result of technological development over time.

Learning Outcome

A candidate with a completed course should have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

• Understands MRI physics explained by mathematical models
• Can explain advanced MRI techniques that are commonly available at conventional MRI scanners
• Can explain the mechanisms of advanced MR techniques and how they present physiological processes
• Can explain how advanced MRI techniques can detect specific pathology or pathophysiology

Skills

• Can use mathematical models to explain MRI theory
• Understands how advanced MRI techniques operate at a clinical MRI scanner
• Can evaluate scan parameters for acquisition in MRI using advanced imaging techniques

General Competence

• Can communicate independent work and master the professional terms
• Can evaluate if new MR-methods and techniques are applicable at specific MRI scanners
• Has an overview of the most important and common advanced techniques for imaging based on physiological processes
• Displays an overview of research in the field

Learning Methods and Activities

The course includes lectures on campus and group work with mandatory submissions. Learning resources are made available via the web (E-learning platform), including articles, links, short films, self-tests, answers to assignments, and discussion forums with students and teachers. Students must submit six mandatory work requirements.

Compulsory Assignments

• Assignment 1
• Assignment 2
• Assignment 3
• Assignment 4
• Assignment 5
• Assignment 6

Further on Evaluation

Students must submit six mandatory work requirements, which will be student-active and include theoretical and practical elements. The practical elements will include MR image data, either images acquired by students at their own workplace or customized data sets. The assignments can also be linked to ongoing research projects at the department.

Specific Conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required: Magnetic Resonance - Continuing Education (part-time) (MTVMRDEL).

Required Previous Knowledge

The course is reserved for students enrolled in postgraduate education in MRI (MTVMRDEL).

Course Materials

Course materials will be published in the e-learning platform when the course starts.

Credit Reductions

The course has academic overlap with the courses RAT3104 and RAT3105. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject Areas

• Radiography

Examination

The examination arrangement is an oral/practical exam, with a weighting of 100/100 and a duration of 40 minutes. The ordinary examination will take place in Spring 2026, and the re-sit examination will take place in Summer 2026.