MRI: Basic Principles and Applications - Softcover

Brown, Mark A.; Semelka, Richard C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470500980 ISBN 13: 9780470500989

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Fourth Edition Brings This Popular Guide Thoroughly Up To Date With The Latest MRI Findings, Techniques, And Applications

For its Fourth Edition, the acclaimed MRI: Basic Principles and Applications has been rigorously revised, enabling readers to quickly master the principles and take advantage of all the latest MRI applications. Among the new materials are fresh and updated discussions on 3D imaging, real-time imaging, cardiac imaging, and parallel acquisition techniques. In addition, readers will find dozens of brand-new images to illustrate key concepts. Moreover, clinical protocols have been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect current methodologies.

Throughout the book, readers will find easy-to-follow coverage of all the latest findings, technologies, and techniques, including:

• Nephrotoxic effects of gadolinium-based contrast media

• New scan techniques, including radial scanning

• Parallel acquisition and cardiovascular imaging techniques

• New applications, including spin tagging and diffusion tensor imaging

• 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla scanning

• Hardware innovations, including large-scale array coils

• New motion compensation techniques

With its clear explanations and ample illustrations, this Fourth Edition maintains all the hallmarks of the previous edition that have made this book a fixture in MRI labs around the world. Students and practitioners—from physicians to radiologists to technicians—will gain a full, accurate understanding of the underlying physics and the clinical applications of MRI, all with a minimum of mathematical formulas and technical details.

From Reviews of the Third Edition

". . . successful in transferring key ideas in an undaunting and progressive manner . . . thoroughly deserves a place on the bookshelf."
—NMR in Biomedicine, Vol 17(4), June 2004

". . . it will reward the reader with an understanding of the principles underpinning nuclear magnetic resonance."
—Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, May 2003

About this title

From the Publisher:

This concise and accessible resource provides a complete overview of the basic physics and instrumentation of magnetic resonance imaging as well as the guiding principles for the clinical application of this powerful imaging modality. Topics covered include resonance absorption, chemical shift, pulse sequences, motion artifact reduction techniques, fat suppression, contrast agents and clinical protocols.

From the Author:

This book is a general introduction to the physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. It minimizes the use of formulas but presents the topics in a clear readable style. It provides an overview and explanation of the major concepts used in current clinical MRI practice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470500980
• ISBN 13: 9780470500989
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 280