Real Whole-Body MRI: Requirements, Indications, Perspectives

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Real Whole-Body MRI: Requirements, Indications, Perspectives

Real Whole-Body MRI: Requirements, Indications, Perspectives

Authors: Mathias Goyen

Published: August 2007

eISBN: 9780071596183 0071596186 | ISBN: 9780071498678

Table of contents

Preface

Foreword

Foreword and acknowledgements

Author index

Introduction: Whole-body imaging – Diagnostic strategy of the future?

Technology

1 Technical requirements for whole-body MRI

2 Postprocessing and viewing of large MR whole-body data sets

Clinical applications

3 Whole-body MR angiography in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease

4 Whole-body MR angiography using the intravascular contrast agent Vasovist®

5 Whole-body MRI for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal diseases

6 Whole-body MRI in comparison with bone scintigraphy and [sup(18)]F-FDG-PET in the detection of bone metastases

7 VIBE whole-body MRI for metastasis screening

8 Whole-body tumor staging: MRI or FDG-PET/CT?

9 Whole-body tumor staging with specific contrast agents

10 Whole-body fat measurement

11 Oncological screening with MRI: Opportunities, challenges and limitations

12 Whole-body MRI for screening

13 Virtual autopsy in forensic science using MRI – initial experiences

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