| Weekend Educational Course:
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| MR Engineering |
| Organizers:
Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D., Brian K. Rutt, Ph.D., and Greig C.
Scott, Ph.D. |
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| Skill Level:
Intermediate |
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| Saturday, 18 April and Sunday, 19 April 2009 |
| 08:30 - 17:00 |
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| OVERVIEW |
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This two day course will explore the engineering issues of
hardware components and system design of modern MRI
scanners. Lectures are provided in the general topics of
magnets, gradients and shims, RF coils and electronics, and
system design, and we will cover basic hardware components
of an MRI scanner and how they interact; basic methods for
magnet, gradient and shim design; basic types of RF coils,
and their design principles; RF electronics that interface
with coils; and trade-offs in designing customized NMR/MRI
instrumentation. |
| Specific topics include: |
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Saturday: |
- MRI system
overview
- Magnet design
and modeling
- Magnet
construction
- Shim design and
principles
- Dynamic shimming
- Gradient coil
design and limitations
- Gradient
systems, amplifiers and eddy current
compensation
- RF
electromagnetic modeling
- RF engineering
principles
- Experimental
animal and micro RF coils
- RF receive-coil
arrays
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| Sunday:
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- RF front ends
- Introduction to
preamplifiers
- Introduction to
RF power amplifiers
- RF volume coils
- RF transmit-coil
arrays
- Multi-tuned
coils
- RF
characterization on the bench
- System Design
Tradeoffs
- Roll-your-own
scanners
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| EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Upon completion of this
case based session, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the basic hardware components of an
MRI scanner and how they interact;
- Describe the basic methods for magnet, gradient and shim
design;
- Understand the basic types of RF coils, and their design
principles;
- Understand the RF electronics that interface with coils;
and
- Evaluate the trade-offs in designing customized NMR/MRI
instrumentation.
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| Saturday, 18 April 2009 |
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Systems
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| 09:00 |
MR Scanners: A
System Perspective |
Steven
M. Conolly,
Ph.D. |
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Magnets
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| 09:30 |
Magnets: Design,
Modeling |
Johan A. Overweg, Ph.D. |
| 10:00 |
Magnets:
Construction, Operation |
Matthias Gebhardt, Dipl.Phys. |
| 10:30 |
Break - Meet the
Teachers |
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Shimming
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| 11:00 |
Shimming: Principles
and Shim Design |
Richard
W. Bowtell, Ph.D. |
| 11:30 |
Shimming: Dynamic
Shimming |
Stuart
Clare, Ph.D. |
| 12:00 |
Break - Meet the
Teachers |
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Gradients
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13:30 |
Gradients: Design
and Limitations |
Blaine
A. Chronik,
Ph.D. |
| 14:00 |
Gradients: Amplifiers,
Eddy Currents, Eddy Current
Compensation |
Franz
Schmitt, Ph.D. |
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14:30 |
Break - Meet the
Teachers |
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RF Basics and Receive Arrays
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| 15:00 |
RF: Electromagnetic Modeling |
Stuart Crozier, Ph.D. |
| 15:30 |
RF: Engineering Principles
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Graham
C. Wiggins, Ph.D. |
| 16:00 |
RF: Experimental Coils,
Animal, Micro |
Andrew G Webb, Ph.D. |
| 16:30 |
RF: Receive Arrays
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Arne Reykowski, Ph.D. |
| 17:00 |
Adjournment - Meet the
Teachers |
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| Sunday, 19 April 2009 |
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RF Electronics
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| 09:00 |
RF: Front Ends
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Steven
M. Wright, Ph.D. |
| 09:30 |
RF: Intro to Preamps
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Greig C. Scott, Ph.D. |
| 10:00 |
RF: Intro to Power Amplifiers
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Krishna
N. Kurpad, Ph.D. |
| 10:30 |
Break - Meet the
Teachers |
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RF Transmitter
Coils
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| 11:00 |
RF: Volume Coils
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Scott B.
King, Ph.D. |
| 11:30 |
RF: Transmit Arrays
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Gregor
Adriany, Ph.D. |
| 12:00 |
Break - Meet the
Teachers |
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RF Practical
Issues |
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| 13:30 |
RF: Multi-Tuned
Coils |
Joseph
Murphy-Boesch, Ph.D. |
| 14:00 |
RF: Characterization
on the Bench |
Titus
Emanuel Lanz, Dipl. Phys. |
| 14:30 |
Break - Meet the
Teachers |
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System
Characterization and Customization
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| 15:00 |
MRI System Design
Tradeoffs |
Graeme
C. McKinnon, Ph.D. |
| 15:30 |
Roll Your Own
Scanner-I |
David J.
Lurie, Ph.D. |
| 16:00 |
Roll Your Own
Scanner-II : Systems for Hyperpolarized Media |
Ross W.
Mair, Ph.D. |
| 16:30 |
Adjournment - Meet the Teachers |
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