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FUNDAMENTALS AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF MRI
COURSE SYLLABUS SUMMER 2014
INSTRUCTORS: Manuel Arreola, Ph.D. (email: )
Chief, Clinical Radiological Physics, Department of Radiology
TEXTBOOK: The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, 3rd Edition, by Bushberg, Seibert, Leidholdt Jr. and Boone. Lippincot, Williams & Wilkins Publishers, Baltimore, MD (2011).
LECTURES: Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 2:0 0 – 3:30 PM
Room G102 (Radiology Small Conference Room), Shands Hospital at UF.
Computer-based test sessions: Room CG-28, Communicore Building, Health Science Center
DATE / TOPIC / BOOK CHAPTER5/13/14 / Nuclear Spins and Nuclear Energy States in a Static Magnetic Field / 14
5/15/14 / RF Energy and Transitions Between Nuclear Energy Levels / 14
5/20/14 / No class: MA@Argentina
5/22/14 / No class: MA@Argentina
5/27/14 / Classical Description: Equations of Motion in the Lab and Rotating Frames of Reference / 14
5/29/14 / Bloch’s Equation in the Lab and Rotating Frames of Reference / 14
6/3/14 / Spin-Lattice and Spin-Spin Relaxation Processes / 14
6/5/14 / Static Field Inhomogeneities and Spin Echo Sequence / 14
6/10/14 / Exam 1 (2-4 pm)
6/12/14 / Measuring T1 and T2: Carr-Purcell and Inversion Recovery Sequences / 14
6/17/14 / T1, T2 and Proton Density Contrast / 15
6/19/14 / Magnetic Field Gradients and Selective Excitation for Slice Selection / 15
6/24/14 / No class: Summer break
6/26/14 / No class: Summer break
7/1/14
/ Frequency and Spatial Encoding of MR Signals / 157/3/14 / k-space and Fourier Transforms for Image Reconstruction / 15
7/8/14 / Gradient Recovery Echo, Preparation and Saturation Sequences / 15
7/10/14 /
Exam 2 (2-4 pm)
7/15/14 / Rapid Acquisition and Echo Planar Sequences / 157/17/14
/ Flow Imaging, MR Angiography and Cardiac MRI / 14/157/22/14 / In-vivo MR Spectroscopy / 14/15
7/24/14 /
Instrumentation and Scanner Components
/ 14/157/29/14 / MR Biological Effects and Safety / 14/15
7/31/14 /
The MRI ACR Accreditation Program
/ 14/158/5/14 /
Clinical Lecture
/ 14/158/7/14 /
No class: Flex day
8/12/14 /Final Exam (2-4 pm)
Policies:
1. Examinations: There will be two (2) mid-term examinations (2 hours long) and a 2 hour-long final examination during finals week. All tests will be computer based, and will take place in the Medical School Testing Center, room CG-28, Communicore Building. All material covered (book chapters, reading assignments, lecture notes, demo labs) is considered as eligible material for such exam.
2. Course grade will be calculated as follows:
Exam 1: 30%
Exam 2: 30%
Exam 3: 30%
Participation: : 10%
3. Grading Scale: (93-100 A, 90-92 A-, 86-89 B+, 83-85 B, 80-82 B-, 76-79 C+, 73-75 C, 70-72 C-) Grades will be curved.
4. Office Hours: by appointment
5. Academic Honesty: All students are required to abide by the University’s honesty policy as published in UF Rule 6Cl-4.0l7. Students should be familiar with the entire rule which can be reviewed at: http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/Rules/4017.htm and specifically addresses cheating;
Cheating -- the improper taking or tendering of any information or material which shall be used to determine academic credit. Taking of information includes, but is not limited to, copying graded homework assignments from another student; working together with another individual(s) on a take-home test or homework when not specifically permitted by the teacher; looking or attempting to look at another student's paper during an examination; looking or attempting to look at text or notes during an examination when not permitted. Tendering of information includes, but is not limited to, giving your work to another student to be used or copied; giving someone answers to exam questions either when the exam is being given or after having taken an exam; giving or selling a term paper or other written materials to another student; sharing information on a graded assignment.
6. Class Attendance: Students are expected to attend each class period. Periods which may be missed should be brought to the attention of the Instructor as far in advance of the class period as possible. In the event of an unexcused absence, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain and review the material that was covered during that class period. Students must participate in each laboratory exercise.
7. Make-up Laboratory and Assignments: Make-up Laboratory exercises and assignments will only be considered for exceptional circumstances and will be implemented by the instructor on a case-by-case basis.
8. Class Demeanor: Class distractions such as cell phones and pagers are unacceptable. Students will ensure that any such devices that are brought into the classroom will be turned off, or operated in a silent mode, during the class period.
9. Students with Disabilities: Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation.