Quantitative MRI in Cancer (Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439820570 ISBN 13: 9781439820575

Publisher: CRC Press, 2011

Synopsis

Propelling quantitative MRI techniques from bench to bedside, Quantitative MRI in Cancer presents a range of quantitative MRI methods for assessing tumor biology. It includes biophysical and theoretical explanations of the most relevant MRI techniques as well as examples of these techniques in cancer applications.

The introductory part of the book covers basic cancer biology, theoretical aspects of NMR/MRI physics, and the hardware required to form MR images. Forming the core of the book, the next three parts illustrate how to characterize tissue properties with endogenous and exogenous contrast mechanisms and discuss common image processing techniques relevant for cancer. The final part explores emerging areas of MR cancer characterization, including radiation therapy planning, cellular and molecular imaging, pH imaging, and hyperpolarized MR. Each of the post-introductory chapters describes the salient qualitative and quantitative aspects of the techniques before proceeding to preclinical and clinical applications. Each chapter also contains references for further study.

Leading the way toward more personalized medicine, this text brings together existing and emerging quantitative MRI techniques for assessing cancer. It provides a self-contained overview of the theoretical and experimental essentials and state of the art in cancer MRI.

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About the Author

Thomas E. Yankeelov is the director of Cancer Imaging Research at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science. He is also an associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences, physics and astronomy, biomedical engineering, and cancer biology at Vanderbilt University.

David R. Pickens is an associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Ronald R. Price is a professor of radiology and radiological sciences as well as physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University.

From the Back Cover

This volume explains the biophysics and theory behind many MRI techniques and gives examples of how these techniques are applied in cancer diagnosis and treatment. The first section of the book presents basic cancer biology, theoretical aspects of NMR/MRI physics, and the hardware required to form MR images. The next three sections cover image processing and characterizing tissue properties using endogenous and exogenous contrast mechanisms. The book concludes with emerging areas of MR cancer characterization, including radiation therapy planning, molecular and cellular imaging, pH imaging, and hyperpolarized MR.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1439820570
• ISBN 13: 9781439820575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: Yankeelov Thomas E., Pickens David R., Price Ronald R.