Clinical MRI of the Abdomen Why,How,When
This volume, which explains why, when, and how abdominal MRI should be used, focuses in particular on the most recent developments in the field. After introductory chapters on technical considerations, protocol optimization, and contrast agents, MRI of th
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Clinical MRI of the Abdomen Why, How, When With Contributions by Philip Aschoff • Fred Avni • Sandra Baleato • Carlo Bartolozzi • Valentina Battaglia • Christoph D. Becker • Regina G.H. Beets-Tan • Elena Bozzi • Filipe Caseiro-Alves • Claus D. Claussen • François Cornud • Luís Curvo-Semedo • Olle Ekberg • Niccolò Faccioli • Lucía Flors Blasco • Sofia Gourtsoyianni • Nicholas C. Gourtsoyiannis • Steve Halligan • Thomas K. Helmberger • Karin Herrmann • Gabriel P. Krestin • Marzena Kulawska-Didoszak • Thomas C. Lauenstein • Estela López-Pérez • Riccardo Manfredi • Luis Martí-Bonmatí • Celso Matos • Sukru Mehmet Erturk • Charalampos Mpougias • Claus Nolte-Ernsting • Anwar R. Padhani • Nicholas Papanicolaou • Nickolas Papanikolaou • Shilpan M. Patel • Martina Pezzullo • Roberto Pozzi Mucelli • Rodney H. Reznek • Michael Riccabona • Pablo R. Ros • Anju Sahdev • Evis Sala • Heinz-Peter Schlemmer • Stuart Taylor • Sylvain Terraz • Charikleia Triantopoulou • Bernard E. Van Beers • Magalie Viallon • Valérie Vilgrain
Prof. Dr. Nicholas C. Gourtsoyiannis Department of Radiology University Hospital of Heraklion University of Crete Medical School Iraklion Crete Greece [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-540-85688-7 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-85689-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85689-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
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To my Fellows and Co-workers of the Department of Radiology at the University of Crete
Preface
In the modern era of evidence-based medicine, where radiologists are asked to act as integrators for clinical decisions, the strengths and limitations of MR Imaging applications to abdominal diseases need to be properly chartered, adequately explained and understood and thoroughly taken into consideration, when provid
