Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Signal Processing Perspective

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In 1971 Dr. Paul C. Lauterbur pioneered spatial information encoding principles that made image formation possible by using magnetic resonance signals. Now Lauterbur, "father of the MRI", and Dr. Zhi-Pei Liang have co-authored the first engineering textbook on magnetic resonance imaging. This long-awaited, definitive text will help undergraduate and graduate students of biomedical engineering, biomedical imaging scientists, radiologists, and electrical engineers gain an in-depth understanding of MRI principles.

The authors use a signal processing approach to describe the fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging. You will find a clear and rigorous discussion of these carefully selected essential topics:

Mathematical fundamentals
Signal generation and detection principles
Signal characteristics
Signal localization principles
Image reconstruction techniques
Image contrast mechanisms
Image resolution, noise, and artifacts
Fast-scan imaging
Constrained reconstruction

Complete with a comprehensive set of examples and homework problems, Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging is the must-read book to improve your knowledge of this revolutionary technique.

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Great Textbook.......2004-04-02

This is an excellent textbook. Easy to follow if you are comfortable with Electromagnetics already. Lot's of math and examples inside. Make sure u get this book first, if you study MRI.

A definitive text for the signal processing of MRI.......2000-12-09

Magnetic resonance has recently recieved many riches in the form of excellent, definitive texts that have bundled together the advances of the last 20 or so years. Drs. Liang and Lauterbur have added to this trove by writing a text that goes beyond the standard descriptions of magnetic resonance image formation and including many advanced techniques available today, some of which they originated. The ideal audience for this text includes scientists, engineers, and physicians actively developing MRI applications from the physics on up. Though containing many recent developments it contains a core of medical imaging information that will not be outdated. The mathematical depth is sufficient to serve as a reference of basic and sophisticated methods but with enough pedagogical information to tutor the interested student. Liang and Lauterbur should be on the shelf of any serious professional or insightful student.

Excellent coverage of MR physics, however complicated maths........2000-05-21

The selection of the chapters and the overall coverage of this book are excellent. It provides an outstanding and detailed description of MR physics and of how MR signals are generated and processed. However, not being an engineer or a physicist but a MD interested in MRI, I had some problems with the mathematical background required to understand the formulas used in this book. I feel that the book would be greatly improved if a more detailed explanation to the mathematics were given. At this point, I would recommend this book to graduate students or Ph.D.'s in physics, in biomedical or in electrical engineering, who want to understand in detail the principles of MR signal generation and processing. Because of the somewhat complicated mathematics, the book might be somewhat less destined, but still of interest, to radiologists and MRI physicians who, like me, want to enhance their understanding of MR physics and signal processing.

Excellent MRI theoretics book, somewhat complicated maths........2000-05-21

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The one book on PACs that deserves to be on everyone's shelf
Great intro for engineers (or anyone else) new to imaging
Great one volume coverage on PACS

PACS: Basic Principles and Applications
H. K. Huang
Manufacturer: Wiley-Liss
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ASIN: 0471253936

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PACS

BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

H. K. Huang, D.Sc.

Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) are the foundation of digital radiology and are increasingly being implemented to streamline health-care operations, facilitate teleradiology, and improve patient care.

PACS: Basic Principles and Applications integrates a comprehensive introduction to the imaging modalities and technical fundamentals of "filmless radiology" with clear guidelines for designing and implementing a PACS system. Written by a leading expert and featuring numerous illustrations, line drawings, and schematic diagrams, this practical, user-friendly resource includes individual chapters on such topics as:
* Digital radiologic image fundamentals
* Industry standards, with an emphasis on HL7 and DICOM
* Image compression
* Image acquisition gateways
* Communications and networking
* System design, installation, and evaluation
* Clinical applications and pitfalls
* Future development of PACS

PACS: Basic Principles and Applications is an essential reference and invaluable sourcebook for radiologists and radiology residents and technologists, as well as for imaging facility planners and support staff.

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The one book on PACs that deserves to be on everyone's shelf.......2001-07-04

This book is a MUST read for anyone involved in PACs. It has something for everyone, from a PACs administrator to an engineer configuring systems. Dr. Huang covers a wide range of material, including the basics of projectional x-ray, how different modalities work, to PACs and all of PACs elements. The book's emphasis is on the basics and principles, however. Don't look for specific companies or technology. I was also surprised that Cardiology and Clinical Imaging Systems were omitted. That said, I have not found a more complete book on the subject of PACs. The text is easy to read and the concepts clearly explained. If you need to ramp your knowledge up quickly on PACs or need a reference to use the investment in this book is WELL worth it.

Great intro for engineers (or anyone else) new to imaging.......1999-10-04

I am a software engineer who has worked for many years in various areas of computer connectivity. I recently accepted a position with a provider of DICOM (Digital Imaging And Communication In Medicine) software packages.

I needed to get up to speed fast on the overall architecture of imaging systems and PACS. I needed a birds-eye view of the various image acquisition devices and the information management systems linking them. This book provided everything I needed. Worth the money!

Great one volume coverage on PACS.......1999-06-09

One of the few available books on PACS. Highly recommended for people who want to study PACS based on one book, instead of going all out to read lots of academic papers. Cover all major concepts. Sort of expensive, though.

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Medical Imaging Signals and Systems
Jerry L. Prince , and Jonathan Links
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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ASIN: 0130653535

Advanced Signal Processing Handbook: Theory and Implementation for Radar, Sonar, and Medical Imaging Real Time Systems (Dsp and Communications Technology)

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Advanced Signal Processing Handbook: Theory and Implementation for Radar, Sonar, and Medical Imaging Real Time Systems (Dsp and Communications Technology)

Manufacturer: CRC
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Advances in digital signal processing algorithms and computer technology have combined to produce real-time systems with capabilities far beyond those of just few years ago. Nonlinear, adaptive methods for signal processing have emerged to provide better array gain performance, however, they lack the robustness of conventional algorithms. The challenge remains to develop a concept that exploits the advantages of both-a scheme that integrates these methods in practical, real-time systems. The Advanced Signal Processing Handbook helps you meet that challenge. Beyond offering an outstanding introduction to the principles and applications of advanced signal processing, it develops a generic processing structure that takes advantage of the similarities that exist among radar, sonar, and medical imaging systems and integrates conventional and nonlinear processing schemes.

Medical Image Analysis Methods (Electrical Engineering & Applied Signal Processing)

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Medical Image Processing, Reconstruction and Restoration: Concepts and Methods (Signal Processing and Communications)

ASIN: 0849320895

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To successfully detect and diagnose disease, it is vital for medical diagnosticians to properly apply the latest medical imaging technologies. It is a worrisome reality that due to either the nature or volume of some of the images provided, early or obscured signs of disease can go undetected or be misdiagnosed. To combat these inaccuracies, diagnosticians have come to rely on applications that focus on medical image analysis. While there is a vast amount of information available on these procedures, a single-source guide that can comprehensively yet succinctly explain them would be an invaluable resource to have. Medical Image Analysis Methods is that resource. It is an essential reference that details the primary methods, techniques, and approaches used to improve the quality of visually perceived images, as well as, quantitative detection and diagnostic decision aids. The book methodically presents this information by tapping into the expertise of a number of well-known contributing authors and researchers that are at the forefront of medical image analysis. This comprehensive volume illustrates analytical techniques such as, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), adaptive wavelet image enhancement, and data-driven optimized image segmentation and registration. Paradigms of the analysis methods used in bioinformatics and neurosciences are also provided in respective chapters. In addition, this reference reviews techniques that are used to evaluate these major medical-image processing and analysis methods.

Pattern Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Signal Processing (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing)

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Pattern Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Signal Processing (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing)
David H. Kil , and Frances B. Shin
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Market: Engineers and researchers in neural networks, image processing, audio/speech, and medical imaging. This book begins by focusing on the theoretical aspect of pattern recognition and introduces an integrated pattern recognition paradigm, which combines preprocessing, low dimensional signal characterization, feature optimization, and mapping classifier architecture to good features in a seamless fashion. Later, the authors reinforce the concepts of pattern recognition and prediction with challenging real- world examples, encompassing financial market prediction, image coding, active and passive sonar processing, chaos modeling, and intelligent product design.

Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Signal Processing and Communications)

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Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Signal Processing and Communications)

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The popularity of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in medicine is no mystery: it is non-invasive, it produces high quality structural and functional image data, and it is very versatile and flexible. Research into MR technology is advancing at a blistering pace, and modern engineers must keep up with the latest developments. This is only possible with a firm grounding in the basic principles of MR, and Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging solidly integrates this foundational knowledge with the latest advances in the field. Beginning with the basics of signal and image generation and reconstruction, the book covers in detail the signal processing techniques and algorithms, filtering techniques for MR images, quantitative analysis including image registration and integration of EEG and MEG techniques with MR, and MR spectroscopy techniques. The final section of the book explores functional MRI (fMRI) in detail, discussing fundamentals and advanced exploratory data analysis, Bayesian inference, and nonlinear analysis. Many of the results presented in the book are derived from the contributors' own work, imparting highly practical experience through experimental and numerical methods. Contributed by international experts at the forefront of the field, Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in further advancing the technology and capabilities of MR imaging.

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Defines the State of the Art as it Exists Today.......2005-11-29

The hardware development in Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology seems to have slowed down. We now have equipment that is reaching maturity, or at least slowing down in terms of major breakthroughs. Note that this is the case in hardware. In software it is an entirely different picture. The basic analog signals that are comming out of the MRI sensors may have slowed down in terms of change, but the development of ever more powerful software has not. If anything, the rate of change in the software area has increased rather than decreased.

Consequently books like this one that portend to give an overview of the newest developments have to be written like this one. To keep up with the current trends, this book has each chapter written by a specialist in the particular field covered by that specialist. To anyone working in the area of MR imaging, this book defines the state of the art as it exists today and points the direction that current research is taking the field.

This is not a book for beginners, but for the advanced reader it is indispensible.

Image Based Measurement Systems: Object Recognition and Parameter Estimation (Design & Measurement in Electronic Engineering)

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Image Based Measurement Systems: Object Recognition and Parameter Estimation (Design & Measurement in Electronic Engineering)
Ferdinand van der Heijden
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What makes this book unique is that besides information on image processing of objects to yield knowledge, the author has devoted a lot of thought to the measurement factor of image processing. This is of direct practical use in numerous sectors from industrial quality and robotics to medicine and biology.

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PRACTICAL !.......2000-07-26

I have this book with me for years. I did implement a visual measurement system on PCB fault detection, with the algorithms (image operation and statistical measurement) given , I able to improved my first prototype. This book provided practical and workable case studies. It is a must for those would like to work practically on visual measurement system.

Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (Neural Network Systems Techniques and Applications)

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Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (Neural Network Systems Techniques and Applications)
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Image Processing and Pattern Recognition covers major applications in the field, including optical character recognition, speech classification, medical imaging, paper currency recognition, classification reliability techniques, and sensor technology. The text emphasizes algorithms and architectures for achieving practical and effective systems, and presents many examples. Practitioners, researchers, and students in computer science, electrical engineering, andradiology, as well as those working at financial institutions, will value this unique and authoritative reference to diverse applications methodologies.

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Algorithms and architectures for achieving practical and effective systems are emphasized, with many examples illustrating the text. Practitioners, researchers, and students in computer science, electrical engineering, and radiology, as wellk as those working at financial institutions, will find this volume a unique and comprehensive reference source for this diverse applications area.

Infrared Holography for Optical Communications (Topics in Applied Physics)

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Infrared Holography for Optical Communications (Topics in Applied Physics)

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The aim of this book is to exploit the advantages of holographic technology, namely the high storage capacity and fast access times, in order to implement optical devices for infrared fiber communication applications. The covered methods range from two-lambda to gated recording techniques, all of which can be applied to a variety of materials such as photorefractive crystals and photopolymers. Both techniques and materials are strictly related to the practical realization of signal processing devices, showing their feasibility and discussing their role in a realistic telecoms network. Research scientists, engineers and graduate students will benefit equally from the combined coverage of technological features, optical communications components, and network perspectives.

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