MRI: The Basics [Paperback]

Ray H. Hashemi (Author), William G. Bradley (Author), Christopher J. Lisanti (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781741572 | ISBN-13: 978-0781741576 | Publication Date: September 1, 2004 | Edition: 2nd

Now in its updated Second Edition, this volume is an easy-to-read introduction to the physics behind MR imaging. The subject is presented in a clear, user-friendly, clinically relevant fashion, with large-size, legible equations, over 100 images of cases to illustrate the basic principles described in the text, and questions and answers that are ideal for board review.

This edition has new images and up-to-date information on echo planar imaging, contrast enhanced MR angiography, diffusion tensor imaging, and using high-performance gradients. A new chapter provides a clinical approach to pulse sequences, to help readers assess the utility of newer sequences. The review section has additional questions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 353 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2nd edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781741572
• ISBN-13: 978-0781741576
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars User-freindly guide to the complexities of MRI, May 23, 2000

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Dr.ljk (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MRI: The Basics (Paperback)

This 300 page paper back has 400 high quality and relevant illustrations (mainly diagrams and line drawings) that greatly help to illustrate some otherwise difficult-to-grasp concepts. The emphasis is on the how and why of magnetic resonance imaging, not on the interpretation of the images.

The authors have successfully negotiated the narrow difference between a book that is filled with mind numbing details and one which is over simplified with a trivial approach. While not getting bogged down in minutia that are endlessly fascinating to physicists, but demoralizing to many physicians, they haven't avoided the concepts which form the basis of MRI such as, K-space, Fourier transform and pulse sequences. Nor have newer scanning techniques that involve tissue suppression and MRA been slighted.

At the end of each chapter a succinct "Key Points" section emphasizes the most relevant features of the preceeding chapter. Also included at the end of each chapter is a self-assessment quiz (with answers at the end of the book).

This book is excellent for MR technologists, radiology residents in board preparation and non-radiolgist physicians who want to get up-to-speed in this exciting and rapidly growing subdiscipline of diagnostic imaging.

If this book were a movie, I would give it an enthusiastic, "Two Thumbs Up."

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars far fewer holes than Mitchell MRI, January 31, 2005

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Rad (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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Though there are a lot of equations in this book, it is far more conceptual than the widely accepted Mitchell MRI book, and not as mathematically oriented as you would think at first glance. If you are starting out in MRI, read this book first and you'll have a good foundation for further learning. Mitchell's book, on the other hand, is too confusing for the first timer, and might cause you significant confusion when you move to other MR physics books because you are missing the fundamentals. Overall I highly recommend this book to any M.D. who wants to know fundamental MRI physics.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simple, February 22, 2010

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Stanley J. Kruger - See all my reviews
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This is by far the easiest to understand MRI book I've seen.

It does miss out on the more mathematical and derivative aspects, but there are other texts to fill in the blanks for the interested reader. The tradeoff in focusing on comprehension is worthwhile.