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Whole-body MRI Screening
Ralf Puls • Norbert Hosten Editors
Whole-body MRI Screening
Editors Ralf Puls Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology HELIOS Klinikum Erfurt Erfurt Germany
Norbert Hosten Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology Universitätsklinikum Greifswald Greifswald Germany
Translation from the German language edition: Ganzkörper-MRT-Screening: Befunde und Zufallsbefunde by Ralf Puls and Norbert Hosten © ABW Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH Berlin 2010. All Rights Reserved. ISBN 978-3-642-55200-7 ISBN 978-3-642-55201-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-55201-4 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Preface and Acknowledgment
Magnetic resonance imaging offers exquisite soft tissue contrast and not only provides morphologic information but also enables evaluation of function and metabolism. It is unique among cross-sectional imaging modalities in that all of this can be had without radiation exposure or the need to administer an iodine-based contrast agent. With the advent of dedicated whole-body MRI scanners, we are now able to image the human body from head to toe with excellent sp
