# MRI-education-resources

**Repository Path**: MagX/MRI-education-resources

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: MRI-education-resources
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- **Primary Language**: Python
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
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- **Created**: 2026-08-15
- **Last Updated**: 2026-08-15

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## README

# MRI Education Resources
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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## Interactive Online Textbook

![Principles of MRI book](Notebooks/images/MRI_logo-retro.png)]

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 

> [**Principles of MRI**](https://larsonlab.github.io/MRI-education-resources) 
>
> [![Jupyter Book Badge](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyter-book/jupyter-book/next/docs/media/images/badge.svg)](https://larsonlab.github.io/MRI-education-resources)

All of the notebooks used to create interactive book can also be viewed and run online, thanks to the Binder project:

[![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/LarsonLab/MRI-education-resources/main?filepath=Notebooks)

## Printable Materials

If you are teaching MRI, also included in this repository are several posters and handouts that maybe useful, in the `Printable Materials/` folder.

## Spin Physics and Magnetic Resonance Simulators
* http://drcmr.dk/BlochSimulator/
* http://www.drcmr.dk/CompassMR/


## Other Recommended Educational Materials

### Websites
* “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


### Textbooks
* _Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging_ by Dwight Nishimura.  MRI from a signal processing perspective, Available from lulu.com: [Paperback](https://www.lulu.com/shop/dwight-nishimura/principles-of-magnetic-resonance-imaging/paperback/product-6355103.html) or [Hardcover](http://www.lulu.com/shop/dwight-nishimura/principles-of-magnetic-resonance-imaging/hardcover/product-6355112.html)
* _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.

### Lectures
* [UCSF Biomedical Imaging 201: Principles of MRI](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjBt5Iq93BT9eXMsgevVTXKVv4BgVLB1X)
* [MRI Course Lectures from Albert Einstein School of Medicine](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcImQzEnTpz-5TzxyyoYSbiAa9xdd89l)


## Fun and Informative MRI Videos

* 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

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