VirtMRI: A Tool for Teaching MRI

Magnetic resonance image formation is not trivial and remains a difficult subject for teaching. Therefore, we saw an urgent need to facilitate teaching by developing a practical and easily accessible MR image generator. Due to the increasing interest in X-nuclei MRI, sodium image generation is also...

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Published inJournal of medical systems Vol. 47; no. 1; p. 110
Main Authors Tönnes, Christian, Licht, Christian, Schad, Lothar R., Zöllner, Frank G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 25.10.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Applications programs
Cell Nucleus
Fourier transforms
Health Informatics
Health Sciences
Humans
Image processing
Image processors
Load
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Open source software
Operating systems
Original Paper
Parameters
Physics
Sodium
Software
Statistics for Life Sciences
User interface
Free open source software FOSS
Magnetic resonance imaging MRI
Medical training/Educational tool
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Summary:Magnetic resonance image formation is not trivial and remains a difficult subject for teaching. Therefore, we saw an urgent need to facilitate teaching by developing a practical and easily accessible MR image generator. Due to the increasing interest in X-nuclei MRI, sodium image generation is also offered. The tool is implemented as a web application that is compatible with all standard desktop browsers and is open source. The user interface focuses on the parameters needed for the creation and display of the resulting images. Available MR sequences range from the standard Spin Echo and Inversion Recovery over steady-state to conventional sodium and more advanced single and triple quantum sequences. Additionally, the user interface has parameters to alter the resolution, the noise, and the k-space sampling. Our software is free to use and specifically suited for teaching purposes.
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ISSN:1573-689X
0148-5598
1573-689X
DOI:10.1007/s10916-023-02004-4