Cardiovascular MRI : physical principles to practical protocols / Vivian S. Lee ; illustrated by Martha Helmers.

Author
Lee, Vivian S., 1966- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2006], ©2006.
Description
xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

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    "Cardiovascular MRI is designed to provide clinicians with a strong background in the basic and more advanced principles of MR physics underlying cardiovascular MRI methods and then aims to combine this understanding with principal tips and protocols for ensuring success in the clinical setting."--BOOK JACKET.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Sect. I. MR physics
    • 1. Overview of MRI and basic principles
    • 2. RF excitation and signal generation
    • 3. Tissue characteristics and contrast agents : PD, T1, and T2
    • 4. Echoes
    • 5. Spatial localization and introduction to k-space
    • 6. K-space
    • 7. More k-space : the relationship between k-space and the image
    • 8. Fast scanning and k-space shortcuts
    • 9. Selectively saturating, nulling, and exciting protons
    • 10. Safety and cardiovascular MRI
    • Sect. II. Vascular MR imaging
    • 1. Flow
    • 2. Time-of-flight MR angiography
    • 3. Phase contrast MRI : flow quantification and MRA
    • 4. Gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography
    • Sect. III. Cardiac MR imaging
    • 1. ECG gating
    • 2. Cardiac imaging planes
    • 3. Black-blood imaging
    • 4. Cine gradient echo imaging
    • 5. Tissue characterization in the heart
    • 6. Phase contrast flow quantification in the heart
    • 7. Ischemic cardiac disease
    • 8. Coronary artery imaging.
    ISBN
    0781779960 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2005033038
    OCLC
    62324752
    International Article Number
    • 9780781779968
    RCP
    C - S
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