Lecture: Medical Physics 2: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Nuclear Medicine

Summer semester 2026

Tuesday (16:15–17:45 h) and Thursday (16:15–17:45 h)

Hörsaalgebäude Physik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 308, Hörsaal 2 (kleiner Hörsaal)

Last lecture: 14. July 2026. No lecture on 16. July 2026.

 

List of Topics (subject to change)

Credit points

To receive 6 credit points, passing an oral examination via Zoom.us is required.
Timeframe: 20 July 2026 - 03 August 2026

Examination: Zoom access: https://dkfz-de.zoom-x.de/j/64489744395

Meeting ID: 644 8974 4395

It is recommended to install the Zoom application and not to use the web version for better transmission quality.

 

You will need a camera and a sheet of paper, where you write down the formulas to be shown via camera (after writing down an equation, you can just hold the paper up toward a Laptop camera).
The examinations will be conducted in German or English (if requested).
It will be possible to choose between receiving 6 credit points with or without grade (wahlweise benotet / unbenotet).
Timeslots for examinations will be 30 min. Format: Question and answer session.
If using Zoom.us is not possible for you, contact us for in person examinations.

Please have your Student ID card within reach (Studentenausweis / Matrikelnummer).

Registration closed.

Course materials (slides and lecture notes):

https://hub.dkfz.de/s/tptiXBXBcMyfX8N

The required password will be shown during the lecture. The lecture will be conducted almost exclusively using the blackboard.

We recommend taking your own notes, since copying from the blackboard to paper is known to improve understanding and memory of the topics. The lecture notes will be made available, but not necessarily immediately after each session and they may be incomplete.

 

Literature

General:

• Wolfgang Schlegel, Christian P. Karger, Oliver Jäkel (Herausgeber): Medizinische Physik : Grundlagen – Bildgebung – Therapie – Technik (2018);
  online version

NMR / MRI:

• M. T. Vlaardingerbroek: Magnetresonanzbildgebung: Theorie und Praxis. (2003)
  English version: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Theory and Practice.

• D. Weishaupt: Wie funktioniert MRI? (2014) (online)
  English: How does MRI work? -- PDF version (VPN UHD needed)
  (Basic introduction, however not sufficient to understand all necessary physical principles.)

• R. A. De Graaf: In vivo NMR spectroscopy (2007)

• Reiser, Semmler: Magnetic Resonance Tomography (2008) (online)

• M. E. Haacke: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2014)

• M. A. Bernstein: Handbook of MRI pulse sequences (2004)

• M.H. Levitt: Spin Dynamics (2007)

• J. Keeler: Understanding NMR spectroscopy (2010)

• C. P. Slichter: Principles of magnetic resonance (1996)

• R. Buxton: Introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging (2002)

• A. Abragam: The principles of Nuclear Magnetism (1961)

Literature links point to UB Heidelberg items. Some cases, there are different reprints of the same book in the library. Therefore, in case a book should not be available, it may be worth searching for the title in the UB system.