In1971Dr.PaulC.Lauterburpioneeredspatialinformationencodingprinciplesthatmadeimageformationpossiblebyusingmagneticresonancesignals.NowLauterbur,"fatheroftheMRI",andDr.Zhi-PeiLianghaveco-authoredthefirstengineeringtextbookonmagneticresonanceimaging.Thislong-awaited,definitivetextwillhelpundergraduateandgraduatestudentsofbiomedicalengineering,biomedicalimagingscientists,radiologists,andelectricalengineersgainanin-depthunderstandingofMRIprinciples.Theauthorsuseasignalprocessingapproachtodescribethefundamentalsofmagneticresonanceimaging.Youwillfindaclearandrigorousdiscussionofthesecarefullyselectedessentialtopics:MathematicalfundamentalsSignalgenerationanddetectionprinciplesSignalcharacteristicsSignallocalizationprinciplesImagereconstructiontechniquesImagecontrastmechanismsImageresolution,noise,andartifactsFast-scanimagingConstrainedreconstructionCompletewithacomprehensivesetofexamplesandhomeworkproblems,PrinciplesofMagneticResonanceImagingisthemust-readbooktoimproveyourknowledgeofthisrevolutionarytechnique.