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  title info:
    title: MRI of the Lung
  title info:
    title: With contributions by numerous experts
  name:
    name part: Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 318 p. 468 illus., 67 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: For a long time, only chest X-ray and CT were used to image lung structure, while nuclear medicine was employed to assess lung function. During the past decade significant developments have been achieved in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), enabling MRI to enter the clinical arena of chest imaging. Standard protocols can now be implemented on up-to-date scanners, allowing MRI to be used as a first-line imaging modality for various lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension and even lung cancer. The diagnostic benefits stem from the ability of MRI to visualize changes in lung structure while simultaneously imaging different aspects of lung function, such as perfusion, respiratory motion, ventilation and gas exchange. On this basis, novel quantitative surrogates for lung function can be obtained. This book provides a comprehensive overview of how to use MRI for imaging of lung disease. Special emphasis is placed on benign diseases requiring regular monitoring, given that it is patients with these diseases who derive the greatest benefit from the avoidance of ionizing radiation.
  table of contents: Technical -- General Requirements of MRI of the Lung and Suggested Standard Protocol -- MR Angiography of the Pulmonary Vasculature -- MR Perfusion in the Lung -- MRI of Pulmonary Ventilation -- Respiratory Mechanics and Pulmonary Motion -- Clinical -- Pulmonary Hypertension and Thromboembolic Disease -- Vascular Anomalies and Diseases -- Asthma -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Lung Cancer -- Mediastinal Disease -- Pulmonary Infections – Pneumonia -- Interstitial Lung Disease -- Diseases of the Pleura and the Chest Wall.
  note: edited by Hans-Ulrich Kauczor.
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Emergency medicine
  subject:
    topic: Radiology
  subject:
    topic: Respiratory organs
    topic: Diseases
  subject:
    topic: Thoracic surgery
  subject:
    topic: Biophysics
  subject:
    topic: Biological physics
  subject:
    topic: Medicine & Public Health
  subject:
    topic: Imaging / Radiology
  subject:
    topic: Diagnostic Radiology
  subject:
    topic: Pneumology/Respiratory System
  subject:
    topic: Thoracic Surgery
  subject:
    topic: Emergency Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Biophysics and Biological Physics
  classification: R895-920
  classification: 616.0757
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Medical Radiology
  identifier: 9783540346197
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34619-7
  record info:
    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204181822.0
    record identifier: 978-3-540-34619-7