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- FIGURE 26.3-1. (A) The basic components of the MRI system. The patient
- is positioned at the center of the magnetic field within the magnet
- housing and various coils. (B) MR images are formed by applying
- magnetic, field gradients in x, y, and z axes of the imaging system (z
- is along the bore of the magnet, with x and y transverse to it). These
- allow spatial localization by selecting a frequency range along the
- gradients using radiofrequency pulses. In this case, the frequency
- range Delta(z) (slice selection) determines the axial slice thickness
- and spatial localization in x and y form the image. Other slice
- orientations can be obtained without moving the patient by
- electronically switching slice-selection and image-formation planes
- (e.g., slice-selection in x produces coronal images, and in y,
- produces sagittal images). (A from Bradley WG, Newton TH, Crooks LE.
- Physical principles of nuclear magnetic resonance. In: Newton TH,
- Potts GD, eds. Modern neuroradiology, vol 2. Advanced imaging
- techniques. San Anselmo: Clavadel, 1983; B from NMR: a perspective on
- imaging. General Electric Company, 1982)
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