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a) Beginner Physicis resources:   

Highly recommended:
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance physics for clinicians: part I
John P Ridgway
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2010, 12:71 (30 November 2010)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Members only. Two modular courses on the basic physics of MRI and cardiac gating, supplied by the manufactures,

MRI Physics Lectures (provided by GE Medical Systems)

MR Physics and Image Quality

Module 1: Nuclear Structure

Module 5: MR Equipment

MR Safety

Module 6: Slice Selection

Module 8: IQ: Acquisition Time

Module 12: Spin Echo

Module 15: GRE / SPGR

Magnets, Spins, and Resonances (provided by Siemens, large file, 3420K, 238 pages).

These external links may also be helpful.
Revisemri.com,
Hull physics lecture series
http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/
http://www.simplyphysics.com/MAIN.HTM
http://www.mritutor.org/mritutor/
MRI tips and resources database
high school physics and quiz

b) Beginner Relevant Online Talks

Free talk from SCMR 2008

Physics of CMR (More than the Basics)
By David Firmin - Royal Imperial College London
Recorded at SCMR 2008: Technicians Workshop

It's a Balancing Act: - Pulse Sequences and Parameters
By Jordin Green - Siemens Medical Solutions
Recorded at SCMR 2008: Technicians Workshop

Bright Blood Sequences
By Paul Finn - University of California - Los Angeles
Recorded at SCMR 2010

 

c) Advanced Physics online Talks (members only)

SCMR 2010

Let's go faster - Parallel acquisition techniques
By Thoralf Niendorf - Max-Delbruck Centre for Molecular Medicine
Recorded at SCMR 2010

 
SCMR Basic Preconference

Optical Imaging Technologies
By David Sosnovik - Center For Molecular Imaging Research
Recorded at SCMR2008 Basic Pre-Conference Workshop

Hyperpolarized MR contrast agents for the Cardiovascular System
By Pratip Bhattacharya - Huntington Medical Research
Recorded at SCMR2008 Basic Pre-Conference Workshop

Multidetector-row CT: How many detectors are enough?
By Jacob ( Koos) Geleijns - Leiden University Medical Center
Recorded at SCMR2008 Basic Pre-Conference Workshop

Parallel MRI: How many detectors are enough?
By Riccardo Lattanzi - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Recorded at SCMR2008 Basic Pre-Conference Workshop

SCMR 2009 metabolic CMR imaging

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
By Florian Wiesinger - GE Global Research Europe
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Metabolic CMR Imaging

Detecting High Energy Metabolites
By Rutger van der Meer - Leiden University Medical Center
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Metabolic CMR Imaging

Probing Cardiac Metabolism with Hyperpolarized Carbon
By Craig Malloy - University of Texan Southwestern Medical Center
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Metabolic CMR Imaging

Cardiac Metabolism - Influence of Diet on Myocardial Steatosis
By Hildo Lamb - Leiden University
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Metabolic CMR Imaging

High-Field Perspectives
By John Forder - University of Florida
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional II - iCMR Applications: Focus on EP and Pediatrics

SCMR 2009 New Developments in Cardiac Imaging

Edema imaging
By Anthony Aletras - NHLBI - National Institutes of Health
Recorded at SCMR 2009 New Developments in Cardiac Imaging

Fat and Water separated Imaging
By Peter Kellman - NHLBI-National Institutes of Health
Recorded at SCMR 2009 New Developments in Cardiac Imaging

Myocardial Perfusion ASL Imaging
By Krishna S Nayak - University of Southern California
Recorded at SCMR 2009 New Developments in Cardiac Imaging

Parallel Imaging Methods for Cardiac Applications - Warning; this is a great talk, but there is an error 1/2 way through this talk and it stops working.
By Mark Griswold - Case West Reserve University
Recorded at SCMR 2009 New Developments in Cardiac Imaging

SCMR 2009 Basic Science - Molecular MRI

MRI approaches to Stem Cell Tracking in Vivo
By Darla L Kraitchman - Johns Hopkins University
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Basic Science - Molecular MRI

Molecular Imaging of Cardiovascular Disease with Gd-based contrast agents
By Klaas Nicolay - Eindhoven University of Technology
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Basic Science - Molecular MRI

MRI 'Theranostic' Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease
By Gregory M Lanza - Washington University
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Basic Science - Molecular MRI

From ischemia to rejection: molecular imaging of myocardial disease
By David Sosnovik - Harvard Medical School
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Basic Science - Molecular MRI

Molecular MRI of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Vascular Injury
By Rene Botnar - King's College London
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Basic Science - Molecular MRI

SCMR 2009 Interventional - iCMR

X-Ray Fused with MRI
By Anthony Faranesh - National Institutes of Health
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional I - iCMR Technical

iCMR Intravascular Devices: Safety, High Field, Intravascular
By Paul Bottomley - Johns Hopkins University
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional I - iCMR Technical

iCMR Coils: Active Intravascular
By Graham Wright - SunnyBrook Health Sciencs Centre
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional I - iCMR Technical

iCMR Coils: Multi-Channel MRI for Interventions and Safety
By Greig Scott - Stanford University
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional I - iCMR Technical

X-ray Integrated along/within MRI
By John Rowlands - Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional I - iCMR Technical

Pediatric Endovascular Applications
By Boris Schmitt for Titus Kuehne - German Heart Institute
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional II - iCMR Applications: Focus on EP and Pediatrics

Ablations with X-ray Fused to MR. Kawal Rhode
By Kawal Rhode - King's College, London
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional II - iCMR Applications: Focus on EP and Pediatrics

Ablation Targeting and Assessment
By Dana Peters - Beth Israel Deaconess
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional II - iCMR Applications: Focus on EP and Pediatrics

MRI Guided Cardiac Surgery
By Keith Horvath - National Institutes of Health
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional II - iCMR Applications: Focus on EP and Pediatrics

EP applications with iCMR 2
By Henry Halperin - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Interventional II - iCMR Applications: Focus on EP and Pediatrics

SCMR 2009 Novel approaches to CMR perfusion

Exercise-stress perfusion
By Orlando Simonetti - The Ohio State University
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Novel Approaches to CMR perfusion

Quantification of Perfusion in Ischemia and Infarction
By Frederick Epstein - University of Virginia s
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Novel Approaches to CMR perfusion

CT/CMR Fusion for assessment of ischemic heart disease
By Richard White - University of Florida - College of Medicine
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Novel Approaches to CMR perfusion

Ischemia assessment at 3T
By Theodoros Karamitsos
Recorded at SCMR 2009 Novel Approaches to CMR perfusion