The RAVEN Teaching File Series by Robert Lufkin and his coauthors is based on Dr Lufkin’s popular UCLA Visiting MRI Fellowship. Visitors come from all over the world to learn the basics of MRI as well as its practical clinical applications in the head and neck and other areas from Dr Lufkin and his team. Dr Lufkin is internationally recognized for his expertise in MRI and Head and Neck. He has hundreds of publications on basics of MRI as well as its clinical applications in the head, neck and brain. He also was elected and served as President of the international Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging as well as the American Society of Head and Neck Imaging. In addition to running the MRI visiting fellowship, continuing with cutting edge MRI clinical research, and seeing patients, Dr Lufkin also speaks all over the world on various topics related to MRI. Dr Lufkin also served as Chief of Head and Neck Radiology at UCLA School of Medicine for two decades.
MRI: Principles and Artifacts is the perfect resource for experienced MR users looking to build on their understanding of the techniques, technology, and capabilities of magnetic resonance imaging. Using the uniquely effective Raven MRI Teaching File format--100 case studies illustrated with MR images--the book demonstrates the practical imaging options in MR and addresses the decision-making problems arising in the day-to-day use of MR. The case studies show how to put basic MR principles to work, how to choose among different imaging options, and how to determine and correct the causes of artifacts. Forty case studies show the MR user what imaging options are available and how imaging choices affect image quality. Many of these case studies deal with newer techniques such as fast spin echo, gradient echo, magnetization transfer, diffusion, STIR, and FLAIR imaging. Sixty case studies illustrate and explain common artifacts and imaging problems in MRI and magnetic resonance angiography.
