Tours

Tours#

Standalone examples beyond the Course. Each names the lessons it assumes.

Tour

Contents

FID and spin echo

FID, spin echo and the minimum TE with crushers

Slice-selective excitation

Slice profile and peak B1 versus time-bandwidth product and duration

Echo planar imaging

Single-shot EPI: blurring along the echo train and Nyquist ghosting from gradient delays

Multi-echo gradient echo

Multi-echo gradient echo and the number of echoes per TR

Segmented echo planar imaging

Segmented EPI: scan time versus geometric distortion

Spiral readout

Spiral arm length under gradient, slew-rate and receiver limits

Ramp-sampled readout

Ramp-sampled readout module

Twisting radial readout

Twisting radial arm: k-space path and gradient waveform

Minimum-phase excitation

Minimum-phase excitation and the shorter TE