Course description:
This cross-departmental course teaches the fundamentals of electromagnetic field generation in MRI. The course will be provided by electrical engineering and biomedical engineering combined and will cover topics such as Biot-Savart law, gradient coils, transmission line theory, RF antenna/coils, B1+/B1-, noise, SNR, SAR, parallel imaging, numerical simulations etc.
The course will be designed along the principles of challenge based learning. Therefore, the course is organized around one final goal: to simulate and analyse an RF coil and array for ultrahigh field MRI. For this purpose, the students are divided into multi-disciplinary groups of 3 to 5 students.
All corresponding theory will be provided to the students in pre-made modules. Modules may consist of a combination of lectures, video-lectures, reading material and exercises. Alongside of these modules, the students are expected to make progress on their design. Student groups will be supervised and monitored by a PhD-student during the course to safeguard their progress. At the end, when simulations are finished, all student groups will attend low field MRI scanner demonstration at TUe so to become familiar with the RF coils and arrays and their implementation on a practical device.
Assessment is 50% based on the project work and another 50% based on one final exam.
Learning goals: upon completion of the course the student
– has acquired fundamental theory on EM-fields in MRI
– can apply low-frequency EM-field theory in MRI
– can apply RF field theory in MRI
– can apply knowledge of RF safety, tissue heating and SAR on RF coil design
– can cooperate in multi-disciplinary teams
– can simulate RF coils and dedicated arrays in MRI
PLEASE NOTE: this course is taught in Eindhoven; check Osiris Eindhoven for a more extensive description.
Registration: register at TU/e, course code 5LPE0, at least 4 weeks before the start of the course. Please note that you also have to register for the exam, information can be found here.
UU Osiris registration of grades: ask TU/e for a certified transcript by e-mailing csa.bme@tue.nl stating your TU/e student number and the coursecode and name. Then send the transcript to mix@umcutrecht.nl.