Lecture Notes

A - Review of NMR Spin Physics

• Introduction (Lecture 1)

• Review of Spin Physics (Lecture 2)

B: - Introduction to NMR Relaxation

• Basics Principles of In vivo NMR Relaxation (Lecture 3)

• Dipolar Coupling (Lecture 4)

• Chemical Exchange (Lecture 5)

• In Vivo Water (Lecture 6)

C - Redfield Relaxation Theory

• Perturbation Theory and the Master Equation of NMR (Lecture 7)

• Dipolar Coupling Revisited (Lecture 8)

• Redfield Theory Examples (Lecture 9)

• Relaxation in the Rotating Frame (Lecture 10)

D - MRI Contrast Agents

• Overview of MR Contrast Agents (Lecture 11)

• Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement (Lecture 12)

• T2, T2*, and PARACEST Contrast Agents (Lecture 13)

E - Applications

• MRI of Blood (Lecture 14)

• Cartilage Imaging (Lecture 15)

• Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (Lecture 16)