Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)









Tags: Arterial spin labeling, ASL, pASL, CBF, PICORE, QUIPSS, Q2TIPS, Magnetization Transfer

Source:
Petersen. Non-invasive measurement of perfusion: a critical review of arterial spin labelling techniques. British Journal of Radiology (2006) vol. 79 (944) pp. 688-701

Jahng et al. Improved perfusion-weighted MRI by a novel double inversion with proximal labeling of both tagged and control acquisitions. Magn. Reson. Med. (2003) vol. 49 (2) pp. 307-314


Thursday, July 14, 2011

Colombini MRI Case: Root Cause Analysis - Tobias Gilk & Reliability Center


Tags: MRI safety, Root cause analysis, Colombini accident


Saturday, June 25, 2011

MRI-Conditional Cardiac Pacemakers & Leads from St. Jude Medical (SJM)



Tags: MRI, cardiac pacemaker, implantable cardiac device, Accent MRI Pacemaker, Tendril MRI Lead


Saturday, April 2, 2011

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (II/II) - Image Gallery






Tags: Susceptibility Weighted Imaging, SWI, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Microbleeds

Source:
Mittal et al. Susceptibility-weighted imaging: technical aspects and clinical applications, part 2. AJNR American journal of neuroradiology (2009) vol. 30 (2) pp. 232-52


Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (I/II)




Tags: Magnetic Susceptibility, SWI, Phase-weighted Magnitude Image, T2*


Friday, April 1, 2011

Magnetic Susceptibility Artefact





Tags: Magnetic Susceptibility, Artefact, Susceptibility Gradient


MRI of Silicone Breast Implant




Tags: Breast implant, Silicone implant, MR Mammography, Inversion Recovery, Spectral Water Suppression


Sunday, March 13, 2011

Brachial Plexus MRI (II/II)









Tags: Brachial Plexus, 3D STIR SPACE, 3D MR Myelography

Source:
Vargas et al. New approaches in imaging of the brachial plexus. European journal of radiology (2010) vol. 74 (2) pp. 403-10


Saturday, March 12, 2011

Pitfalls of Diffusion Weighted Imaging











Tags: Diffusion Weighted Imaging, DWI, T2 Shine-through, T2 Washout, T2 Blackout

Source:
Pitfalls & Artifacts in DW Imaging. In: M. Toshio, E. Sven, W. Per-Lennart (eds.), Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Brain. Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg, 2nd ed., 2009: 23-29.


Saturday, March 5, 2011

Protocol for MRI of the Brain



Tags: Brain, Protocol, FLAIR, DWI, SWI

Source:
P.M. Parizel et al. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain. In: P. Reimer et al. (eds.), Clinical MR Imaging. Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg, 2010; 108-194.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Ferromagnetic Detection System



Installation inside the Magnet Room for an out-swing door configuration




Pass-through perpendicular to the wall installation




Unobtrusive parallel to the wall installation


Tags: Ferromagnetic Detection System, MRI Safety