RM in cardiologia

"Atlas of Cardiovascular MR", by Christopher M. Kramer, MD and W. Gregory Hundley, MD, provides the rich visual guidance you need to effectively diagnose cardiovascular problems using the latest cardiac magnetic resonance imaging approaches. Using a case-based approach, this new clinical reference explains how to select and implement the best imaging options for every type of cardiovascular disease and shows you how to interpret your findings. An Expert Consult site, included with the book, provides additional images and videos that provide further clarity on cardiovascular applications of MR imaging.

After the publication of Learning Diagnostic Imaging, which was an introductory teaching ? le to the ten radiological subspecialties included in the American Boards of Radiology, we began to write a series of teaching ? les on each radiological subspecialty. If the ? rst book of the series was mainly aimed at residents and provided them with an introductory tool to the study of radiology, the subsequent volumes of the series try to provide the reader with an introduction to the study of each radiological subspecialty. In Learning Cardiac Imaging, we intend to review cardiac imaging from the p- spective of the six imaging modalities usually performed to obtain anatomic and functional information of the heart. In old days, conventional radiographs gave us some information about the an- omy and, only secondarily, the pathophysiology of the heart. With the advent of echocardiography, the heart could be studied dynamically. Nuclear Medicine and Cardiac MR allowed the study of cardiac function. 32- and 64-detector multislice CT let us obtain images of the coronary tree in a noninvasive approach. Cardiac imaging is complex and many health care professionals are needed, ? rstly, in the obtention and, secondly, in the interpretation of the images. Not only rad- lologists, cardiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians are needed, specialized nurses and technicians are indispensable to obtain diagnostic images of such a dynamic anatomic structure as the heart. The authorship of the book re? ects its multidisciplinary approach of the book.

This text/DVD package is ideally suited for training courses for cardiologists and radiologists seeking certification to perform and interpret cardiovascular MRI (CMR) examinations. The authors present 37 lectures that systematically explain all key aspects of CMR. Coverage begins with an overview of principles, equipment, and imaging methods and proceeds to imaging protocols and clinical applications. An Advanced Training section includes details of imaging techniques, vascular imaging techniques, specialized cardiac imaging, and artifacts. The text and the PowerPoint lectures on the DVD complement each other in a unique way. The book mirrors the content of the lectures and provides full explanations of concepts that are well illustrated in the slides.

Latest technology and practice in cardiac MR imaging; useful specialist reference work.

This text equips radiologists with a firm working knowledge of the physical principles underlying cardiovascular MR image generation. Emphasis is on practical applications of MR physics in customizing and optimizing imaging sequences and protocols and minimizing artifacts. Section I covers basic principles of MR physics and includes a chapter on safety. Section II applies these principles to vascular imaging, including gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography. Section III examines various techniques and applications of cardiac MR imaging. Each chapter includes boxed key concepts, challenging questions, and review questions, and many chapters include sample protocols. More than 400 drawings and scans complement the text.

This book offers a precise description of the anatomy of human hippocampus in view of neurosurgical progress and the wealth of medical imaging methods available. A survey of the current concepts explains the functions of the hippocampus and describes its external and internal vascularisation. Head sections and magnetic resonance images complete this comprehensive view of human hippocampal anatomy. It will be of interest to neuroscientists and, in particular, to neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and neurologists.

Recent progress in MR imaging techniques has led to a rapid increase in the number of clinical applications that benefit from the non-invasive imaging of cardiovascular structures. These innovative imaging techniques present us with unique abilities for the investigation of anatomical structures as well as the functional performance of the heart, and thoracic vascular structures. This book and companion CD richly illustrate - with carefully selected pictures and dynamic video of typical clinical cases - the basic principles of cardiovascular MR imaging techniques, while also providing a comprehensive review of the clinical applications of these techniques. The book is conveniently organized into seven main chapters covering congenital heart disease, aortic anomalies, cardiac masses, valvular diseases, pericardial diseases, and cardiomyopathy. The book is augmented by a Macintosh and Microsoft Windows compatible CD-ROM. This CD-ROM adds a wealth of additional multimedia resources in a convenient, easy to use interactive teaching tool that includes: *Didactic and pictorial representations of complex cardiovascular abnormalities and morphological and functional findings *Over 200 cine sequences of dynamic cardiac sequences and 3-dimensional rendered views *Over 300 annotated images and illustrations *A total of 50 fully-documented and illustrated clinical cases *A concise technical and clinical discussion of each category of cardiovascular disease