Today's Focus

• MIDTERM next week
  • may bring one piece of 8.5 in by 11 in piece of paper with notes
  • NO palm pilots (or other electronic devices) with notes
  • may use calculator
  • in-class exam (4:10 PM to 6:30 PM maximum time allowed)
  • all material from Chapter 2 upto and including Section 12.2
• Understand 90% of important bits that go into MRI. Last 10% is very important, though. Contrast might be the most important bit of any imaging modality.
• Continue on with the Fourier transform and how Fourier transform properties affect MRI.
• All imaging modalities have practical detector properties and limitations. MRI is no different. Should match detector properties and data collection without degrading image quality and introducing artifacts.