Duke Review of MRI Physics: Case Review Series

by Wells Mangrum MD, Quoc Bao Hoang MD, Tim J Amrhein MD, Scott M Duncan MD, Charles M Maxfield MD

Overview

A solid understanding of MRI physics is essential for both residents and practicing radiologists, and Duke Review of MRI Physics Principles: Case Review Series, 2nd Edition, provides practical applications, board-style self-assessment questions, and clinically relevant cases in a high-yield, easy-to-digest format. Designed to help you solve clinical questions, arrive at accurate diagnoses, and use MRI more effectively in your practice, it uses a case-based approach to demonstrate the basic physics of MRI and how it applies to successful and accurate imaging, interpretation, and diagnosis.

• Focuses on 18 key MRI principles (such as T1 contrast, T2 contrast, and proton density), using a series of cases that make difficult concepts engaging and understandable.
• Features over 800 high-quality MR images in a full-color, user-friendly case format with clear explanations of physics and other MRI principles.
• Shares the experience and knowledge of a multidisciplinary author team comprising radiology residents, practicing radiologists, and radiology physicists who provide practical guidance for each body system – neurologic, breast, body, vascular, and musculoskeletal.

• Includes a new chapter on MRI Safety, as well as new and improved color images in functional MRI, perfusion MRI, and diffusion tensor imaging.
• Contains more than 300 all-new multiple-choice self-assessment questions following the board review certification and recertification question format.
• Includes new Take-Home-Points at the end of each chapter for easy recall and review.
• Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323546065
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	03/24/2018
Series:	Case Review
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	210 MB
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Table of Contents

1. T1 Contrast
2. T2 Contrast
3. Proton Density
4. Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents
5. Preparatory Pulses
6. Inversion Recovery
7. Chemical Shift Type 2 Artifact
8. Susceptibility Artifact
9. Motion, Pulsation, and Other Artifacts
10. Flow-Related Contrast
11. Time-of-Flight Imaging
12. Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography
13. Phase Contrast
14. Diffusion MRI
15. Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
16. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
17. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
18. MRI Safety

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Gain an understanding of complex MRI physics with this clear and engaging case-based approach

Editorial Reviews

"an ideal book for radiologists and reporting radiographers, pitched at an understandable level with a lot of useful relevant content."

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Tara M Catanzano, MD (Baystate Medical Center)
Description: This is the second edition of a case-based review of MRI physics. The authors identify new features in this edition, such as take-home points added to each chapter.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide education in MRI physics using a case-based approach. Cases are presented in question format with answers and discussion.
Audience: The authors identify residents and practicing radiologists as the audience. Given the relatively superficial discussion of physics, the book appears appropriate for these audiences. The authors are from well-known institutions.
Features: The book uses a case-based approach along with multiple-choice questions in each section, often accompanied by an image. Sections cover different topics including T1 and T2 contrast, proton density, and phase contrast. Image quality and diagrams are adequate. The questions are somewhat suboptimal as they do not fully follow high-quality question writing techniques. It is slightly challenging to find the answers to questions in the book. The layout is somewhat challenging as there is no clear demarcation between cases and discussions. However, the book provides useful information on a subject that is challenging to teach.
Assessment: Overall, this case-based approach to MRI physics is a reasonable resource for residents studying for the ABR core examination. This is a difficult topic to teach, but the book does an acceptable job of conveying concepts.

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