MRI Physics Primer

• Upcoming course

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  26 May 2026, London. | Registeration is open an available as part of the SPM MRI Course.

This course provides an introduction to MRI physics tailored to SPM for MRI. It covers:

• Fundamental principles of MRI, including tissue properties (e.g. T1 and T2 relaxation times) and sequence parameters (e.g. echo time, repetition time, flip angle)
• Image acquisition and acceleration techniques, including echo-planar, multiband, and parallel imaging.
• The physiological mechanisms underlying the BOLD response in fMRI.
• How BOLD sensitivity can be optimised through acquisition choices.
• Image distortion in echo-planar imaging and its correction using SPM.
• Anatomical MRI relevant to VBM and spatial normalisation.
• Common MRI artefacts.