Module 9 – Basic Principles of MRI
Home Bayer Module 9 – Basic Principles of MRI
- List the different types of tomographic imaging
- Explain how MRI and CT differ
- Explain the atomic structure of the hydrogen proton and its utility in MRI
- Describe how the hydrogen proton responds when placed in an external magnetic field
- Explain how a rotating magnetic field affects the behavior of hydrogen protons
- Describe how protons can be reoriented to longitudinal and transverse directions
- Compare and contrast transverse and longitudinal relaxation
- Describe the time constants relevant to transverse and longitudinal relaxation
- Explain Faraday’s law
