Cardiovascular MRI : physical principles to practical protocols / Vivian S. Lee ; illustrated by Martha Helmers.

Author/creator Lee, Vivian S., 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2006.
Descriptionxiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Contents Overview of MRI and basic principles -- RF excitation and signal generation -- Tissue characteristics and contrast agents: PD, T1, and T2 -- Echoes -- Spatial localization and introduction to k-space -- k-space -- More k-space: the relationship between k-space and the image -- Fast scanning and k-space shortcuts -- Selectively saturating, nulling, and exciting protons -- Safety and cardiovascular MRI -- Flow -- Time-of-flight MR angiography -- Phase contrast MRI: flow quantification and MRA -- Gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography -- ECG gating -- Cardiac imaging planes -- Black-blood imaging -- Cine gradient echo imaging -- Tissue characterization in the heart -- Phase contrast flow quantification in the heart -- Ischemic cardiac disease -- Coronary artery imaging.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005033038
ISBN0781779960 :
ISBN9780781779968

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Laupus Books - Stacks WG 141.5 M2 L481C 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold