MRI of the Lung

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Thoracic surgery.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Thoracic Surgery.; Emergency Medicine.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

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 ch...