Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Bone Marrow
On account of its unrivalled imaging capabilities and sensitivity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered the modality of choice for the investigation of physiologic and pathologic processes affecting the bone marrow. This book describes the MRI a
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Series Editors Maximilian F. Reiser Hedvig Hricak Michael Knauth
Editorial Board Andy Adam, London Fred Avni, Brussels Richard L. Baron, Chicago Carlo Bartolozzi, Pisa George S. Bisset, Durham A. Mark Davies, Birmingham William P. Dillon, San Francisco D. David Dershaw, New York Sam Sanjiv Gambhir, Stanford Nicolas Grenier, Bordeaux Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Vienna Robert Hermans, Leuven Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Heidelberg Theresa McLoud, Boston Konstantin Nikolaou, Munich Caroline Reinhold, Montreal Donald Resnick, San Diego Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Erlangen Stephen Solomon, New York Richard D. White, Columbus
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Andrea Baur-Melnyk Editor
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Bone Marrow Foreword by Maximilian F. Reiser
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Editor Andrea Baur-Melnyk Institut für Klinische Radiologie Klinikum der Universität München (Großhadern) Munich Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-17859-7 ISBN 978-3-642-17860-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17860-3
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To my husband, Robert, and my parents Andrea Baur-Melnyk
Foreword
The bones of birds contain gas instead of bone marrow in order to reduce their weight and allow them to fly. Since mammalians developed later in evolution than birds it can be assumed that the bone marrow is not just an atavism, even if air crafts were invented at a much later date. In humans and other mammalians, the bone marrow is one of the largest organs and the importance of this organ is also reflected in the Latin word ‘‘medulla’’ which is part of the term ‘‘medullary cavity’’ in which the bone marrow is located. Figuratively, this ‘‘medulla’’ has another meaning in the Latin language: ‘‘the dearest, the hear
