Duke Review of MRI Physics: Case Review Series

A solid understanding of MRI physics is essential for both residents and practicing radiologists, and Duke Review of MRI Physics Principles: Case Review Series, 2nd Edition, provides practical applications, board-style self-assessment questions, and clinically relevant cases in a high-yield, easy-to-digest format. Designed to help you solve clinical questions, arrive at accurate diagnoses, and use MRI more effectively in your practice, it uses a case-based approach to demonstrate the basic physics of MRI and how it applies to successful and accurate imaging, interpretation, and diagnosis.

New to this edition

    Includes a new chapter on MRI Safety, as well as new and improved color images in functional MRI, perfusion MRI, and diffusion tensor imaging.

    Contains more than 300 all-new multiple-choice self-assessment questions following the board review certification and recertification question format.

    Includes new Take-Home-Points at the end of each chapter for easy recall and review.

    Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

 

Table of Contents:
1. T1 Contrast
2. T2 Contrast
3. Proton Density
4. Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents
5. Preparatory Pulses
6. Inversion Recovery
7. Chemical Shift Type 2 Artifact
8. Susceptibility Artifact
9. Motion, Pulsation, and Other Artifacts
10. Flow-Related Contrast
11. Time-of-Flight Imaging
12. Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography
13. Phase Contrast
14. Diffusion MRI
15. Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
16. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
17. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
18. MRI Safety

Wells Mangrum, MD, Medical Director & Neuroradiologist, Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Quoc Bao Phil B Hoang, MD, Assistant Chief of Radiology, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, New Orleans, Louisiana; Tim J Amrhein, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Scott M Duncan, MD, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist, Radiology Associates, Jefferson, Indiana; Charles M Maxfield, MD, Professor of Pediatric Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Elmar Merkle, MD, Chief Physician, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland and Allen W Song, MD, Professor and Director of the Center for Brain Imaging and Analysis, Biomedical Engineering Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina