Topic outline

  • Project work

    There is a mandatory project work that involves either writing an essay on an imaging method presented in the book or doing a lab work. The essay / lab work report must be returned by April 29.

    Laboratory work

    The laboratory work consists of six MRI tasks completed using a mini-sized MRI system. The student

    1. Adjusts the system frequency of the MRI device;
    2. Adjusts the radiofrequency pulse duration for a 90° flip angle;
    3. Adjusts shimming so as to achieve a homogeneous B0 field;
    4. Experiments with changing the repetition time;
    5. Experiments with parameters of a spin echo sequence;
    6. Acquires an MR image of a phantom or an object of their choosing (that needs to fit in a 10 mm diameter test tube) using a 2D spin echo sequence and also reconstructs the image from raw k-space data with Fourier transform.
    If none of the time slots suits you and you wish to do the laboratory work, contact toni.karvonen@aalto.fi. The written report on the laboratory work must be returned by April 29.

    Select time slot for the laboratory work

    Submission of the lab work report

    Files:

    Laboratory work manual

    Data preprocessing MATLAB function

    Essay

    Another option is to write an essay (4 to 6 pages) on an advanced MR imaging topic. The possible topics are (chapters and page numbers refer to those in the course book by Brown et al.):

    • Water-fat separation (Chapter 17; pp. 413-446)
    • Fast steady-state imaging (Chapter 18; pp. 447-508)
    • Partial reconstruction and EPI (Chapter 19; pp. 511-566)
    • Diffusion imaging (Chapter 21; pp. 619-636)
    • Sequence design (Chapter 26; pp. 779-821)
    • Parallel imaging (Chapter 28; pp. 859-889)

    The essay must be returned by April 29.

    Submission of the essay

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