Paul Tofts1-58706-075-2
Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Contents……Page 6
Contributors……Page 8
Reviewers……Page 10
Foreword……Page 11
Introduction……Page 13
Section A: The Measurement Process……Page 15
1. Concepts: Measurement and MR1……Page 16
2. The Measurement Process: MR Data Collection and Image Analysis∗……Page 29
3. QA: Quality Assurance, Accuracy, Precision and Phantoms∗……Page 67
Section B: Windows into the Brain: measuring MR Parameters……Page 94
4. PD: Proton Density of Tissue Water1……Page 95
5. T1: the Longitudinal Relaxation Time……Page 120
6. T2: the Transverse Relaxation Time……Page 151
7. D: the Diffusion of Water……Page 210
8. MT: Magnetization Transfer……Page 264
9. Spectroscopy: 1H Metabolite Concentrations……Page 306
10. T1-wDCE-MRI: T1-weighted Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI……Page 347
11. T2-andT2-wDCE-MRI:: Blood Perfusion and Volume Estimation using Bolus Tracking1……Page 371
12. Functional MRI……Page 419
13. ASL: Blood Perfusion Measurements Using Arterial Spin Labelling……Page 460
Section C: The Biology……Page 479
14. Biology: The Significance of MR Parameters in Multiple Sclerosis……Page 480
Section D: Analysing Images……Page 503
15. Spatial Registration of Images……Page 504
16. Volume and Atrophy……Page 533
17. Shape and Texture……Page 559
18. Histograms: Measuring Subtle Diffuse Disease1……Page 580
Section E: Where are we Going?……Page 610
19. The Future of qMR: Conclusions and Speculation……Page 611
Appendix 1 – Greek Alphabet for Scientific Use1……Page 616
Index……Page 617
Color Plates……Page 630
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