Clinical Low Field Strength Magnetic Resonance Imaging A Practical G
This book covers all aspects of low field MRI, describing its advantages, problems, and prerequisites. Individual chapters are devoted to site planning, safety considerations, coils, imaging technique, image quality optimization, the imaging of different
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Clinical Low Field Strength Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Hans-Martin Klein
Clinical Low Field Strength Magnetic Resonance Imaging A Practical Guide to Accessible MRI
Hans-Martin Klein Department of MRI Medical Center at Siegerland Airport Burbach Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-16515-8 ISBN 978-3-319-16516-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16516-5
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To Lisa, Annika, Jonas, and Lars
Foreword
The Great Wave at Low Field Strength “The great wave at Kanagawa” is a famous color woodcut by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai which has inspired music and poetry, but also my personal view on medical imaging. During the 25 years that I gave lectures to students at Aachen University, Germany, I often started by showing this wonderful picture in order to illustrate that in essence, radiology is based on diagnostics using waves of different qualities and energy such as electromagnetic waves, a physical principle MRI is also based on. I also used to tell this to my former residents, one of whom was Hans-Martin Klein, the author of this book. The wave of enthusiasm for diagnostic imaging has evidently spilled over leading to – among others – an intensive engagement particularly in low-field-strength MRI and ultimately to this book. An attractive field, a true clinical demand, as well as great personal expertise and a lot of enthusiasm are indispensable ingredients for the success of such an undertaking – qualities which can be taken for granted in this project. The topic is particularly appealing since low-field-strength MRI has tangible advantages, but it is undervalued and underestimated in a world dominated by highfield-strength MRI. For this reaso
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