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Echo-Planar Imaging

Theory, Technique and Application

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  1. Franz Schmitt

    1. Department MRG, Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, Germany

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  2. Michael K. Stehling

    1. Dreieich, Germany

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  3. Robert Turner

    1. Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK

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  • Manual for implementation and use of EPI with complete background on EPI technique
  • Capabilities and limitations of EPI
  • Encyclopedic information about important MRI methods and practical details of crucial MRI technique

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. The Historical Development of Echo-Planar Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    • R. Turner, F. Schmitt, M. K. Stehling
    Pages 1-10

  3. Theory of Echo-Planar Imaging

    • M. Cohen
    Pages 11-30

  4. Echo-Planar Imaging Hardware

    • R. Bowtell, F. Schmitt
    Pages 31-64

  5. Echo-Planar Imaging Pulse Sequences

    • P. A. Wielopolski, F. Schmitt, M. K. Stehling
    Pages 65-139

  6. Echo-Planar Image Reconstruction

    • F. Schmitt, P. A. Wielopolski
    Pages 141-178

  7. Echo-Planar Imaging Image Artifacts

    • H. Fischer, R. Ladebeck
    Pages 179-200

  8. Physiological Side Effects of Fast Gradient Switching

    • F. Schmitt, W. Irnich, H. Fischer
    Pages 201-252

  9. Echo-Planar Imaging Angiography

    • P. A. Wielopolski, O. P. Simonetti, J. C. Duerk
    Pages 253-309

  11. Echo-Planar Imaging of the Abdomen

    • P. Reimer, R. Ladebeck
    Pages 325-370

  12. Abdominal Diffusion Imaging Using Echo-Planar Imaging

    • M. F. Müller, P. V. Prasad
    Pages 371-388

  13. Echo-Planar Imaging of the Heart

    • D. N. Firmin, B. P. Poncelet
    Pages 389-418

  14. Perfusion Imaging with Echo-Planar Imaging

    • M. K. Stehling, R. Brüning, B. R. Rosen
    Pages 419-464

  16. Echo-Planar Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Brain Activation

    • P. A. Bandettini, E. C. Wong
    Pages 493-530

  18. Echo-Planar Imaging on Small-Bore Systems

    • A. J. S. de Crespigny
    Pages 545-566

  19. Single Shot RARE

    • J. Hennig
    Pages 567-582

  20. Turbo Spin-Echo Imaging

    • B. Kiefer
    Pages 583-604
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About this book

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made oj': Benjamin Franklin This book describes the technical principles and applications of echo-planar imaging (EPI) which, as much as any other technique, has shaped the develop­ ment of modern magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The principle of EPI, namely, the acquisition of multiple nuclear magnetic resonance echoes from a single spin excitation, has made it possible to shorten the previously time-con­ suming MRI data acquisition from minutes to much less than a second. Interest­ ingly, EPI is one of the oldest MRI techniques, conceived in 1976 by Sir Peter Mansfield only 4 years after the initial description of the principles of MRI. One of the inventors of MRI himself, Mansfield realized that fast data acquisition would be paramount in bringing medical applications of MRI to full fruition. The technological challenges in implementing EPI, however, were formidable. Until the end of the 1980s few people believed that EPI would be clinically useful, since its complexity was far greater than that of "conventional" MRI methods.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department MRG, Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, Germany

    Franz Schmitt

  • Dreieich, Germany

    Michael K. Stehling

  • Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK

    Robert Turner

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Echo-Planar Imaging

  • Book Subtitle: Theory, Technique and Application

  • Authors: Franz Schmitt, Michael K. Stehling, Robert Turner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80443-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-80445-8Published: 12 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-80443-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 662

  • Topics: Imaging / Radiology

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