MRI Education Resources

Resources for learning the principles of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Currently MATLAB based functions and demonstrations (Octave compatible too)

Please cite as: MRI-education-resources, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5547020

Interactive Book

Included in this repository are the contents of an interactive book that uses many of the functions contained. The content of the book is saved in Notebooks/, and can be viewed at

Principles of MRI

All of the notebooks used to create interactive book can also be viewed and run online, thanks to the Binder project:

Spin Physics and Magnetic Resonance Simulators

• http://drcmr.dk/BlochSimulator/
• http://www.drcmr.dk/CompassMR/

Recommended Educational Materials

Websites

• “Questions and Answers in MRI”. http://www.mriquestions.com/index.html Great online resource for all MRI questions.
• Classical and Quantum explanations of Magnetic Resonance https://www.drcmr.dk/MR Clear explanation of magnetic resonance from Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance with accompanying simulation tools

Textbooks

• Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Dwight Nishimura. MRI from a signal processing perspective, Available from lulu.com: Paperback or Hardcover
• MRI: The Basics by Ray H. Hashemi, Christopher J. Lisanti, William Bradley. Understanding MRI with simplified interpretations, with helpful illustrations and image examples.
• MRI from Picture to Proton by Donald W. McRobbie, Elizabeth A. Moore, Martin J. Graves, Martin R. Prince. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107706958. Broad coverage of MRI topics with lots of useful imaging examples as well as some humour.
• Handbook of MRI Pulses Sequences by Bernstein, King, Zhou. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120928613. Essential for advanced MRI work.

Lectures

• UCSF Biomedical Imaging 201: Principles of MRI
• MRI Course Lectures from Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Fun and Informative MRI Videos

• MRI System Installation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXxqGWj2340&list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605
• MRI Explosion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWnXJFAGk2Y&list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605&index=7
• How Dangerous are magnetic items near an MRI magnet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBx8BwLhqg&list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605&index=11
• MRI Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605