The training will be held in English.
Training content: In this training course, basic and advanced concepts of MR physics will be introduced through theoretical lectures by MR experts and followed by the corresponding hands-on exercises.
The hands-on exercises will be in Python programming language, so some degree of familiarity with it would be helpful. We will circulate additional details and instructions within the next few days.
Necessary technical preparation steps: The hands-on exercises will be based on running Python code in Notebooks within Google Colab. Therefore, no additional software is required.
The necessary requirements are:
– Bring your own laptop or comparable device to Freiburg;
– Make sure your device can connect to WiFi. On-site in Freiburg, you will be able to either use Eduroam or we will provide a guest WiFi logging for you for the two days;
– Make sure your device can run Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browser;
– Make sure you have a valid Google account (if you do not have one, please create it in advance)
Day 1 (Feb 8 2024)
| Time | Duration (min) | Topic | speakers/teachers |
| 9:00 | 30 | Registration | |
| Block 1: Introduction | |||
| 9:30 | 40 | MR-Physics introduction | Michael Bock |
| 10:10 | 30 | Pulseq Principles | Maxim Zaitsev |
| 10:40 | 20 | Pulseq in Browser, Basic sequences | Moritz Zaiß |
| 11:00 | 20 | Coffee Break | |
| Hands-on | |||
| 11:20 | 10 | Pulseq in Browser with simulator | Moritz Zaiß |
| 11:30 | 10 | Setup on own laptops | helpers team |
| 11:40 | 40 | Sequences and exercises to Block 1 | Qingping Chen |
| 12:20 | 60 | Lunch | |
| Block 2: Advanced Topics | |||
| 13:20 | 30 | RF Pulse | Tony Stöcker |
| 13:50 | 30 | k-space sampling schemes | Frank Zijlstra |
| 14:20 | 30 | MR hardware and imperfections | Sebastian Littin |
| 14:50 | 20 | Coffee Break | |
| Hands-on (three groups, á 10 pers.) | |||
| 15:10 | 60 | RF pulse exercises | helpers team and Tony Stöcker |
| 16:10 | 60 | K-space sampling exercises | helpers team and Frank Zijlstra |
| 17:10 | 60 | Scanner demo and tests | helpers team and Sebastian Littin |
| 18:10 | End of Day 1 | ||
| 19:30 | Social Event and networking | ||
Day 2 (Feb 9 2024)
| Time | Duration (min) | Topic | speakers/teachers |
| 8:30 | 30 | Welcome coffee, questions & answers | helpers team |
| Block 3: Gradient and spin echoes | |||
| 9:00 | 30 | Gradient echoes and steady state | Jochen Leupold |
| 9:30 | 30 | Hands-on gradient echoes | helpers team and Jochen Leupold |
| 10:00 | 30 | Spin Echoes | Jürgen Hennig |
| 10:30 | 20 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:50 | 30 | Hands-on Spin Echoes | helpers team and Jürgen Hennig |
| 11:20 | 30 | Echo Planar Imaging | Maxim Zaitsev |
| 11:50 | 30 | Hands-on to EPI | helpers team and Maxim Zaitsev |
| 12:20 | 60 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 | 30 | MRS and MRSI | Thomas Lange |
| 13:50 | 30 | X-nuclei imaging | Johannes Fischer |
| 14:20 | 10 | Closing remarks and feedback | Organizers |
| 14:30 | 15 | Coffee/Snacks | |
| 14:45 | 45 | optional hands-on scanner time, bring your own sequence | helpers team, Thomas Lange, Johannes Fischer |
| 15:30 | End of day 2 | ||