Lecturers: Ravinder Reddy, Ph.D., ravi@mail.mmrrcc.upenn.edu
Course Description: Basic topics and principles in applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging to problems in biochemistry, biology and medicine.
Sample Lecture Schedule:
Lecture |
Topic |
1 |
The Bloch Equations |
2 |
Spin Echoes and Simple Pulse Experiments |
3 |
Relaxation I |
4 |
Practical I (Measurement of Relaxation Time) |
5 |
Practical I (Measurement of Relaxation Time) |
6 |
Chemical Exchange |
7 |
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics |
8 |
Density Matrix |
9 |
Relaxation II |
10 |
Spin Interactions and Product Operators (Rules) |
11 |
Product Operators (Pulse sequence Response) |
12 |
Spin Interaction I (J-coupling, Dipole-Dipole) |
13 |
Spin Interaction II (Dipole-Dipole, Quadrupole) |
14 |
Polarization Transfer via J-coupling |
15 |
NMR of Solids |
16 |
Polarization Transfer via Nuclear Overhauser Effect |
17 |
Practical II (Polarization Transfer) |
18 |
Practical II (Polarization Transfer) |
19 |
Introduction to 2D NMR |
20 |
COSY and NOESY |
21 |
NMR of Spins > 1/2 |