Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Part 1 Physics and instrumentation: basic principles of magnetic resonance imaging; practical MRI for the technologist and imaging specialist; artifacts in mR imaging - description, causes, and solutions; flow; fast MR imaging; principles of MR imaging contrast agents; contrast agents for MR imaging; biochemical basis of the MR appearance of cerebral hemorrhage; clinical spectroscopy; pulse sequence design; site planning; instrumentation. Part 2 Central nervous system: brain - indications, technique, and atlas; brain - congenital malformations; brain - neoplasia; brain - spontaneous hemorrhage; brain - vascular diseases; brain - periventricular white matter abnormalities; brain - trauma, inflammation, and degenerative and metabolic disorders; the orbit; head and neck; the barchial plexus; MR imaging of the cervical and thoracic spine; MR imaging of the lumbar spine. Part 3 Chest and abdomen: MR imaging of the throax; frontiers in cardiac magnetic resonance; examination of the adult heart and great vessels; cine MR imaging of the heart; cine MR imaging of congenital heart disease; MR imaging of the upper abdomen and adrenal glands; MR imaging of the kidney and retroperitoneum. Part 4 Pelvis: MR imaging of the pelvis; obstetrical MR imaging; MR imaging of the scrotum and testes; MR imaging of developmental abnormalities of the female pelvis. Part 5 Musculoskeletal: MR imaging of the knee; MR imaging of the glenohumeral joint; MR imaging of the wrist; MR imaging of the foot and ankle; MR imaging of the musculoskeletal system. Appendix I: MR imaging scan protocols. Appendix II: staging systems of primary malignancies. Glossary of MR terms.