Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine - Tapa dura

This text presents up-to-date magnetic resonance (MR) techniques for the brain and spine - such as ultrarapid imaging, superparamagnetic contrast agents, intravascualr flow imaging techniques, MR spectroscopy and MR angiography - with an emphasis on the neuropathology of diseases, the correlation of MR findings with underlying biophysiochemical alterations and clinical aspects of neurologic disease. Each chapter describes details of the MR sequences that provide optimum images and describes their interpretation. Coverage includes: technical aspects of instrumentation; principles of image formation; contrast agents and safety considerations; artifacts; disease entities of the central nervous system; and techniques and clinical applications of fast imaging, MR angiography and MR spectroscopy.