2、ex.htm>Copyright?2004byRichardAston.Allrightsreserved.Maynotbecopiedordistributedwithoutsignedwrittenpermissionoftheauthor.DISCLAIMER:Thismaterialisderivedfromtheliteratureasindicatedinthereferences.Itismeantforeducationalpurposesonly.Theauthorregretsanyomissions,misunderstandingsorerro
3、rsanddisclaimsanyliabilityforthem,anddisclaimsresponsibilityforanyimplicationstheseideasmighthaveforexistingequipment,itsdesign,use,ormaintenance.PREFACEThisbookismeanttoserveaseducationalmaterialsforclinicalandbiomedicalengineeringandbiomedicalengineeringtechnologystudentsinterestedinu
4、nderstandingmedicalimagingequipment.Itisdirectedatthesenior/graduatelevel.Onebasicquestionatthecenteroftheworkis,howisitthatonecantakeapictureofaslicethroughthebodywithoutopeningtheskin?AclearandsystematicanswerisgivenwiththehelpofFourierTransformmathematics,alongwithdiscussionsofthephy
5、sicalprinciplesofthehardwareinvolved.Thisapproachhasgreateducationalvaluebecauseitisstraightforwardlogicandgivesthestudentabasisfordesigningandmaintainingthisequipment.HowevertheFourierTransformapproachisnotalwaysused,andisoftenreplacedwithcomputeriterationandstatisticaltechniques.Astud
6、yofthesecomputeralgorithmsisbeyondthescopeofthepresentwork.Thusourfocushereismoreonthehardwarethanonthesoftwareofsystemanalysis.Classroompresentationmaterialssuchaslideshowofthefiguresinthetextalongwithconciseexplainationsisprovidedontheauthor’swebsite:or7、net/~astonr/index.htm>.Studentend-of-chapterexercisesandasolutionsmanualforinstructorsareavailableatABCengineeringresearch,33BarneySt.Wilkes-Barre,PA,U.S.A.18702.(astonrj@yahoo.com).MEDICALIMAGINGEQUIPMENTTHEORYRichardAstonJune,2005TABLEOFCONTENTSChapter1MagneticResonanceImagin