Real Whole-Body MRI: Requirements, Indications, Perspectives: Requirements, Indications, Perspectives (MEDICAL/DENISTRY) - Hardcover

Goyen, Mathias

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071498672 ISBN 13: 9780071498678

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical, 2007

Synopsis

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All the clinical applications of whole-body MRI--together in one essential reference!

"This book, to my knowledge, is the first of its kind and offers a hands-on approach to the evolving field of whole-body MRI, which gives the reader tools to effectively utilize and optimize applicatino of whole-body MRI technology in the patient care setting."--F. Scott Pereles, MD, Salinas Valley Radiologists

Superbly illustrated, and written by leading experts who helped establish MRI as a diagnostic tool, this clinically relevant resource puts whole-body MRI into perspective like no other text. The first section covers the technical requirements of whole-body MRI, along with its principles and associated data processing. Subsequent sections offer a practical look at all aspects of whole-body MRI from a clinical perspective--including its use in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease and in metastasis screening.

Features:

• The only hands-on approach to the evolving field of whole-body MRI-filled with tools to optimize whole-body MRI technology in the patient care setting
• Complete coverage of all the latest whole-body MRI technical requirements, principles, and associated data processing
• Richly illustrated presentation of the clinical areas of cardiovascular investigation and musculoskeletal diseases
• Overview of oncological whole-body imaging that addresses the comparison of whole-body MRI with bone scintigraphy in the detection of bone metastases, and with FDG-PET as it relates to whole-body staging
• Detailed review of both the clinical and experimental questions concerning whole-body MRI

About this title

Synopsis:

All the clinical applications of whole-body MRI - together in one essential reference for the first time. Superbly illustrated, and written by leading experts who helped establish MRI as a diagnostic tool, this clinically relevant resource puts whole-body MRI into perspective like no other text. The first section covers the technical requirements of whole-body MRI, along with its principles and associated data processing. Subsequent sections offer a practical look at all aspects of whole-body MRI from a clinical perspective - including its use in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease and in metastasis screening.

About the Author:

Mathias Goyen, MD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071498672
• ISBN 13: 9780071498678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208