5.1 Introduction5.2 Magnetic Nuclei Spin in a Magnetic Field5.3 Image Creation5.4 Image Reconstruction5.5 Image Resolution5.6 Noise in the Image—SNR5.7 Image Weighting and Pulse Sequence Parameters TE and TR5.8 A Menagerie of Pulse Sequences5.9 Enhanced Diagnostic Capabilities of MRI—Contrast Agents5.10 Molecular MRI5.11 Reading the Mind—Functional MRI5.12 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy5.13 MR Hardware5.14 MRI Safety5.15 Imaging Artefacts in MRI5.16 Advanced MR Technology and Its Possible Future5.17 AcknowledgmentsReferences