Book description
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:
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Nephrotoxic effects of gadolinium-based contrast media
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New scan techniques, including radial scanning
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Parallel acquisition and cardiovascular imaging techniques
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New applications, including spin tagging and diffusion tensor imaging
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3 Tesla and 7 Tesla scanning
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Hardware innovations, including large-scale array coils
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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
Mark A. Brown, PhD, is Senior Technical Instructor
at Siemens Medical Solutions Training and Development Center and also
holds an adjunct research professorship in the Department of
Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine. His
research interests include relaxation and exchange phenomena and in
vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging.
Richard Semelka, MD, is Director of Magnetic Resonance
Services, Professor, and Vice Chairman of Radiology at the University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Medical School. He received his medical
degree and residency training in radiology in his native Canada at the
University of Manitoba, and completed a clinical research fellowship
in MRI of the body at the University of California at San Francisco.
Dr. Semelka has authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles, 4 textbooks,
and is an internationally acclaimed authority in the field.
