Body MRI

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Siegelman (radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) offers guidance on using MRI to evaluate diseases of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. The book describes how to formulate specific diagnoses and accurately stage neoplasms, and includes a chapter on MR angiography. MR techniques and physics are not covered. Some 1,050 b&w imaging examples capture the appearance of normal anatomy as well as the pathologic entities most commonly encountered in practice. The book will be of value to radiology residents and radiologists, radiology technicians, and health science libraries.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
This practical new reference makes it easy to evaluate disease processes of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. More than 1,000 MR images illustrate normal anatomy and the entities readers commonly encounter in practice. Numerous key points boxes in each chapter make clinical guidance easy to find and apply. It also addresses the expanding use of MRI to examine the male and female reproductive systems, pelvis, hips, bladder, and breast. - Examines the MR findings of normal anatomy and common entities for the liver, pancreas, kidneys, peritoneum and retroperitoneum, and male and female pelvis. - Includes chapters on the Breast, Fetal MRI, and MRI-MRA of the Aorta.

About the Author
Evan S. Siegelman, Associate Professor of Radiology, Chief, MRI Section, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA


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