MRI Parameters and Positioning
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Preface
Although m agnetic resonance im aging, or MRI, has been w ith us for quite som e tim e and is in w idespread and routine use, good “recipe books” on the perform ance of specific actual studies are hard to find. As all im aging m odalities, and particularly MRI, are carried out by a range of operators under varying clinical circum stances, standardizing the work flow becom es ever m ore important, because it is only through standardization that the quality of diagnostic im aging w ill im prove. This pared-dow n book attem pts to close the gaps in MRI protocols for routine applications. By leaving out all extraneous inform ation, we have put together a power-packed “how-to- do-it” book.
We have com piled protocols for m ost m ajor studies, not only paying particular attention to the “classic” indications in neurology and orthopedics but also including the m ore recent developm ents such as MR angiography, MR cholangiography, MR urography, or MR colonography.
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