Overview

Instructor:Dr. Joseph Hornak
Office: 76-2132
Phone: 475-2904
E-mail: jphsch@rit.edu

Web Site:http://www.cis.rit.edu/class/schp730/

The Course:A four credit hour course designed to teach the principles of the imaging technique called magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Lectures: Thuesday and Thursday 12:00-2:00 pm, Room - TBA

Texts:
  • J.P. Hornak, The Basics of MRI. A hypertext book on MRI. RIT, Rochester, 2002. (http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/)
  • D.D. Stark and W.G. Bradley, Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Harcourt Brace, 1999, ISBN: 0323005101 (Library reserve desk.)
  • Z.-P. Lang and P.C. Lauterbur, Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging : A Signal Processing Perspective. IEEE, 1998, ISBN: 0780347234
  • E.M. Haacke, R.W. Brown, M.R. Thompson, and R. Venkatesan; Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN: 0471351288
  • Additional reference materials are located on the shelves in the RIT library.
Readings: The attached calendar contains a list of suggested readings. H(c2) is chapter 2 in my hypertext book on MRI. In addition to this material, the library has many books and journal articles on MRI. (Please see Library in the menu for a listing.) A copy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Stark and Bradley on reserve in the library. There are many web resources on MRI. Please see the MRI Links menu entry for a listing.

Assignments: Homework assignments will be made, collected, and graded. The homework assignments will be of both the numeric and essay type.

Examinations: One mid term exam and one final exam will be given. Due to the nature of the course material, the final exam is cumulative.

Evaluation: Assignments 45%
Mid Term Exam 25%
Final Exam 30%