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CONCEPTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE PART A
Volume 32A, Issue 5, Pages 329-340Publisher
WILEY-HINDAWI
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.20123
Keywords
magnetic resonance imaging; education; quantum mechanics; classical mechanics; tutorial; spin; myths
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Educational material introducing magnetic resonance (MR) typically contains sections on the underlying principles. Unfortunately the explanations given are often unnecessarily complicated or even wrong. MR is often presented as a phenomenon that necessitates a quantum mechanical explanation whereas it really is a classical effect, i.e. a consequence of the common sense expressed in classical mechanics. This insight is not new, but there have been few attempts to challenge common misleading explanations, so authors and educators are inadvertently keeping myths alive. As a result, new students' first encounters with MR are often obscured by explanations that make the subject difficult to understand. Typical problems are addressed and alternative intuitive explanations are provided. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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