The aim of this practical block course is to familiarize the students with magnetic resonance imaging as a substantial non-invasive non-destructive imaging technique that is widely used for medical diagnosis.

It is also to give them hands-on experience on how to build the MRI probe from A to Z including

• Mechanical design
• High frequency electrical circuitry
• Testing on a commercial MRI scanner.

The course includes a concise introduction to the theory of MRI and the hardware of the MRI scanner. This will be followed by a number of work-packages through which the participants will construct and test their own functioning MRI probehead, with which it will be possible to record a proton-MRI image of a sample containing sufficient water. The probehead will be operated inside a Bruker MRI machine at the end of the one week course.