Resources for learning the principles of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
This repository hosts an online textbook as well as some MATLAB and python based functions and demonstrations (Octave compatible too)
Please cite this book as:
Larson, Peder E. Z. (2025). Principles of MRI.
Retrieved from https://larsonlab.github.io/MRI-education-resources.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5547020
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Included in this repository are the contents of an interactive book that uses many of the functions contained. The content of the book is saved in Notebooks/, and can be viewed at
All of the notebooks used to create interactive book can also be viewed and run online, thanks to the Binder project:
If you are teaching MRI, also included in this repository are several posters and handouts that maybe useful, in the Printable Materials/ folder.
- “Questions and Answers in MRI”. http://www.mriquestions.com/index.html Great online resource for all MRI questions.
- Classical and Quantum explanations of Magnetic Resonance https://www.drcmr.dk/MR Clear explanation of magnetic resonance from Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance with accompanying simulation tools
- Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Dwight Nishimura. MRI from a signal processing perspective, Available from lulu.com: Paperback or Hardcover
- MRI: The Basics by Ray H. Hashemi, Christopher J. Lisanti, William Bradley. Understanding MRI with simplified interpretations, with helpful illustrations and image examples.
- MRI from Picture to Proton by Donald W. McRobbie, Elizabeth A. Moore, Martin J. Graves, Martin R. Prince. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107706958. Broad coverage of MRI topics with lots of useful imaging examples as well as some humour.
- Handbook of MRI Pulses Sequences by Bernstein, King, Zhou. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120928613. Essential for advanced MRI work.
- UCSF Biomedical Imaging 201: Principles of MRI
- MRI Course Lectures from Albert Einstein School of Medicine
- MRI System Installation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXxqGWj2340&list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605
- MRI Explosion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWnXJFAGk2Y&list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605&index=7
- How Dangerous are magnetic items near an MRI magnet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBx8BwLhqg&list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605&index=11
- MRI Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjBt5Iq93BT_qNO64fyfyve7J05mXw605