Events

Event Information:

• Tue

  22

  Mar

  2016

  Oxford Science Cafe

  6:00 pmLuca Bakery and Cafe, 1120-1122 North Lamar Blvd Oxford, Mississippi

  Joel Mobley
  Department of Physics and Astronomy
  University of Mississippi

  The physics of MRI

  Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of a broad spectrum of medical conditions. Since its clinical debut in the 1980ʼs, it has evolved to provide a level of anatomical detail not possible with any other imaging modality, all without the focus of an ultrasound probe or the directionality of an x-ray beam. The fundamental principles at work in MRI include quantum physics, spinning tops, flipping magnets and simple patterns of bright and dark. The aim of this talk is to remove some of the mystery of how the manipulation of the weakest
  magnets in the atom leads to the MR image and to look at emerging medical treatments enabled by
  MRI.