COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 5051 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL YURT

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand the role and significance basic law of physics in imaging and essential physics of the magnetic resonance imaging system. However, it is to provide information about clinical application, imaging parameters and image quality assessment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to identify Magnetic Resonance Imaging system
2   Able to understand the basic physics principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3   Magnetic resonance image acquisition and interpretation
4   Able to define the parameters affecting the quality of MR images
5   Able to identify different imaging methods in MRI

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment desıgn
2 Nuclear spin; Nuclear magnetic moment, required properties of nuclei that is useful in MR, Larmor Frequency, Chemical shift
3 Relaxation mechanisms (T1, T2, T2*)
4 Spatial encoding using linear magnetic field gradients (Gx, Gy, Gz) Slice selection Frequency-encoding Phase-encoding Spatial accuracy of MRI Properties of k-space
5 Image quality in MR and MR image parameters
6 Pulse Sequence (Spin Echo Sequence)
7 Inversion Recovery (STIR, FLAIR) Sequence
8 Fast Imaging Sequences (GRE, EPI, TSE vb.)
9 MR Diffusion
10 Functional MR imaging (fMRI) and BOLD contrast
11 MR angiography (MRA) and flow quantification
12 MR Perfussion
13 MR Spectroscopy
14 MR artefacts / MR contrast agents and spesifications

Recomended or Required Reading

Sprawls, Jr. P. Physical Principles of Medical Imaging Wisconsin.
Hendee WR, Ritenour ER., Medical Imaging Physics USA.
Mitchell DG, Cohen MS. MRI Principles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-answer
3. Discussion
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Each student selects a homework subject by the end of the third week and presents his/her homework in the classroom at the end of the term. The grade from preparation and presentation of the homework is placed as homework/presentation.

Assessment Criteria


Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to attend to at least 70% of lessons.
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary procedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.yurt@gmail.com

Office Hours

Friday, 9.00-10.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice 14 2 28
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 12 12
Preparing Presentations 1 10 10
Preparing Homework 1 12 12
Mid-term 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.35554
LO.45554
LO.55554

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