Whole Body MR Imaging

This lavishly illustrated book is a comprehensive guide to the basic principles and clinical applications of MR imaging for all regions of the body. The opening chapter provides a thorough overview of the basic principles for MR imaging, contrast agents, risks and side effects associated with MR imaging, and common imaging artifacts. The remaining chapters address common pathological findings in the head and neck, thorax, female breast, abdomen, pelvis, lymph nodes, musculoskeletal system, and vessels. A final chapter discusses the applications of whole-body MRI, whole-body MR angiography, and high-field MRI at 3 T.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Heindel, Peter Reimer, Ernst J. Rummeny
• Assisted by: Walter Heindel (Editor), Peter Reimer (Editor), Ernst Rummeny (Editor)
• Publisher: Thieme, Stuttgart
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2008
• EAN: 9783131358417
• ISBN: 978-3-13-135841-7
• No. of pages: 672
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 32 mm x 285 mm
• Weight: 2260 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Radiologie, Medizin, Gesundheit, ganzkörper, MAGNETRESONANZTOMOGRAPHIE, KERNSPINTOMOGRAPHIE, DIFFERENZIALDIAGNOSEN, GANZKÖRPERTOMOGRAPHIE, KONTRASTMEDIEN