Instructor
Brad Sutton
Associate Professor
Expected Course Outcomes
By the end of class, students will be able to:
- Describe the basic physics behind the MRI signal
- Simulate spin echo gradient echo MRI experiments using a Bloch simulator
- Understand the relationship between pulse sequence components of RF pulses and gradients to image parameters
- Understand the SNR/spatial resolution/ acquisition time trade-offs of traditional imaging
- Perform basic image reconstruction steps, including from Cartesian and non-Cartesian acquisitions
- Understand the basic physics and processing steps for diffusion tensor imaging and functional MRI
Required Materials
- Noll primer on imaging: http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~dnoll/primer2.pdf
- E-mri applets for learning basics of MRI (registration is free): https://www.imaios.com/en/e-Courses/e-MRI
- Liang. Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A signal processing perspective. Free access on campus or through VPN: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=5264284
- LECTURE 1
- Handouts of Introduction Lecture: https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/sutton_INTROMRI_lecture1_distrib.pdf
- Homework 1 handout: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/hw1.pdf
- Homework 1 MATLAB code: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/HW1MatlabFiles.zip
- LECTURE 2
- Contrast Slides: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/Contrast_Slides.pdf
- Homework 2 handout: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/hw2.pdf
- LECTURE 3
- Homework 3 handout: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/hw3.pdf
- Homework 3 MATLAB code: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/Gridding1DCode.zip
- Gridding Paper, Jackson, 1991: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/bioe572/secure/Sutton/Jackson1991.pdf
- LECTURE 4: functional MRI
- Link to data files, SPM, and handout of how to: https://uofi.box.com/s/cq4r36ty76nsredxcdvslmdk563d4mzp
Schedule
- Will teach class on 4/7/16, 4/12/16, 4/14/16 and 4/19/16