The course will introduce the sequences and methods used in imaging brain, spine, abdomen and MSK.

In the course the following topics are described and discussed:

• Basic pulse sequences as gradient echo (GRE, SPGR), spin echo (SE), fast spin echo (FSE, CUBE) and PROPELLER
• Basic scanning parameters as FOV, phase FOV, NEX, band width, ETL, NPW
• Parallel imaging and compressed sense
• AI based reconstruction - AIR Recon DL
• The differences between 2D multi slices scanning and 3D scanning
• Fat suppression methods (FatSat, SPECIAL) and Dixon based methods (FLEX, IDEAL)
• Sequences used for doing MR angiography with contrast media (CEMRA, TRICKS) and without contrast media (2D/3D TOF, INHANCE)
• Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and calculation of ADC-maps. The selection of scanning parameters as b-values, number of T2 images, NEX, diffusion direction (ALL, 3-in-1, TETRA, TENSOR)