MRI of the Lung
This book provides a comprehensive overview of how to use MRI for the imaging of lung disease. Special emphasis is placed on routine applications and the clinical impact of MRI in each setting. In addition, current technological developments are reviewed
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ans-Ulrich Kauczor Mark Oliver Wielpütz Editors
MRI of the Lung Second Edition
Medical Radiology Diagnostic Imaging Series Editors Hans-Ulrich Kauczor Paul M. Parizel Wilfred C. G. Peh
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Hans-Ulrich Kauczor Mark Oliver Wielpütz Editors
MRI of the Lung Second Edition
Editors Hans-Ulrich Kauczor Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg Germany
Mark Oliver Wielpütz Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg Germany
ISSN 0942-5373 ISSN 2197-4187 (electronic) Medical Radiology ISBN 978-3-319-42616-7 ISBN 978-3-319-42617-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42617-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018951589 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2009, 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
For a long time the lung has been regarded as the black hole in MRI. In the 1980s courageous physicists and radiologists have tried to investigate different lung diseases using MRI, but they could neither produce convincing image quality within a reasonable examination time nor generate a substantial clinical impact. This has clearly changed in the last 15 years. Since then, however, the investigation of the potential application of MRI for the study of lung diseases is a challenging and exciting field of clinical research driven by the rapid development of new techniques and sequences for cardiac MRI as well as by the use of hyperpolarized noble gases as novel contrast agents. The specific ability of MRI to visualize simultaneously morphological changes and modificatio
