Open Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging : Equipment, Diagnosis and Interventional Procedures /

The book covers issues related to the practice of both diagnostic and interventional MRI on a new type of open design MR scanner. These machines are now being offered by essentially every MR major scanner manufacturer. The unique configuration and often mid-field strengths of these machines requires...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grönemeyer, D. H. W.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lufkin, Robert B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: Basic Principles: Basic Physics
  • Field Strength in MR Imaging: Its Theoretical Basis
  • Open Magnet Technology for MRI
  • Contrast Agents in MR Interventions. Systems and Environments: The Technology and Potential of Open MRI
  • Instruments and Equipment for Open Field
  • Graphics Workstation for Interventional MRI
  • Equipment for Intervetional Operation Theatres
  • Technical Procedures for Diagnosis and Intervention: Temperature-Sensitive MR Sequences
  • Wavelet Encoding for Interventional MRI
  • Fast "real time" Imaging with Various k-space Update Strategies for Interventional Procedures
  • MRI for Micro Therapy and Surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance: Safety, Bioeffects and Patient Monitoring
  • Diagnostic Procedures and Protocols: Open Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Diagnostic Procedures and Protocols in the Brain
  • MRI of the Head and Neck
  • Low-field Dedicated Extremity MRI
  • General Pediatric Applications for Open Field MRI. Interventional Procedures: Interventional MRI of the Brain
  • MRI Guided Endoscopy for Low Back Pain Therapy. Interventional MR in the Head and Neck ...