3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 9017658FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Department
Electronics and Informatics
External partners
Universiteit Gent
Educational team
Nico Buls (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
22 contact hours Lecture
8 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Part VUB (N Buls)
Principles of MRI
Perfusion imaging, flow effects and angiography
MR Spectroscopy and artifacts
Interventional MRI and clinical applications
Practical session at clinical 3T system

Part UGent (S Vandenberrghe)
Contrast, sequences and reconstruction
Hardware
Practical session at preclinical 7T system
Preclinical applications
Functional MRI
DWI and DTI

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional info

Syllabus VUB, Handouts

Handbook of MRI pulse sequences; Bernstein M.A., King K.F. and Zhou X.J., ed. Elsevier academic press

Spin dynamics: Basics of nuclear magnetic resonance; Levitt M.H., ed. John Wiley&Sons

 

 

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Understanding of physical NMR principles.

The understanding of advanced MRI principles and applications.

Know how to apply imaging sequences.

Processing of MRI data.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral examination

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Startplan
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Radiation Physics
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Biomechanics and Biomaterials
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Sensors and Medical Devices
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Neuro-Engineering
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Standaard traject (NIEUW)