Whole Body MR Imaging

1 Basic Principles Basic Principles of MRI MR Contrast Agents Risks and Side Effects of MRI Imaging Artifacts 2 Head and Neck 3 Chest Heart Mediastinum, Pleura and Chest Wall Lung and Tracheobronchial System 4 The Female Breast Breast Breast Implants 5 Abdomen Liver Pancreas Biliary Tract Spleen Kidney and Urinary Tract Adrenal Glands 6 Pelvis Urinary Bladder Pelvic Floor and Fistulas Female Pelvis Male Pelvis 7 Lymph Nodes 8 Peripheral Skeletal System Bone and Soft-Tissue Tumors Rheumatoid Diseases Infectious Diseases of the Bone and Soft Tissues Avascular Necrosis Osteoporosis Trauma Joints Bone Marrow 9 Vessels Technique of Vascular Imaging Cervical Vessels Thoracic Vessels Abdominal Vessels Peripheral Vessels 10 Whole-Body MRI and MRA, High-Field MRI Whole-Body MR Imaging Whole-Body MR Angiography High-Field MRI at 3 Tesla Subject Index

Professor of Radiology and Director, Dept. of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Written in a very simple and clear manner, [this book] ideally covers the principles and clinical applications of MR imaging. This book is at the same time essential andcomprehensive [...] Concise, schematic, updated, and very well edited. -- European Journalof Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging"Overall, for a text of this size and depth, the imaging is absolutely superb Clinical Imaging May 2011"An excellent review for knowledgeable physician. It concisely presents the basic theory behind common pulse sentences and offers a good summary of the different hardware components within the scanner. -- JAMAAn ambitious undertaking...Sections are well organized and contain a quick overview of necessary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques...helpful...useful as a quick reference...short for the breadth of information covered...an excellent review...presents a European approach to certain facets of imaging...a concise and unique review of common non-CNS pathologies and beautifully highlights their appearance on MRI.--JAMA Journal of the American Medical AssociationA great value for the money...well-designed and user-friendly book...the creative layout alone makes it easy to find what you are looking for...[contains] extensive illustrtions...concise and extremely convenient...a dynamic reference tool...should be included in in every department library.--Radiologic TechnologyA guide to the basic principles and clinical applications of MR imaging for all areas of the body ... for residents and fellows in radiology, as well as experienced radiologists. -- booknews.comPresent[s] the newcomer with a succinct and easy-to-grasp explanation of the important mechanisms that lie behind the final image. Presentation-wise, the book has a logical structure and includes over 1300 diagrams and high-quality MRI images to support the text...easy to read...an ambitious and impressive body of work from some very distinguished contributors...a worthy edition to the departmental librar