Overview
- Authors:
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Franz Schmitt
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Department MRG, Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, Germany
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Michael K. Stehling
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Dreieich, Germany
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Robert Turner
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Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- 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)
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- R. Turner, F. Schmitt, M. K. Stehling
Pages 1-10
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- P. A. Wielopolski, F. Schmitt, M. K. Stehling
Pages 65-139
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- F. Schmitt, P. A. Wielopolski
Pages 141-178
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- F. Schmitt, W. Irnich, H. Fischer
Pages 201-252
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- P. A. Wielopolski, O. P. Simonetti, J. C. Duerk
Pages 253-309
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- M. F. Müller, P. V. Prasad
Pages 371-388
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- D. N. Firmin, B. P. Poncelet
Pages 389-418
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- M. K. Stehling, R. Brüning, B. R. Rosen
Pages 419-464
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- P. A. Bandettini, E. C. Wong
Pages 493-530
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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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department MRG, Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, Germany
Franz Schmitt
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Dreieich, Germany
Michael K. Stehling
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Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
Robert Turner