Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques, Indications and Practical Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schneider, Günther (Editor), Prince, Martin R. (Editor), Meaney, James F. M. (Editor), Ho, Vincent B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

The advent of contrast-enhanced MRA in the early to mid 1990s revolutionized the clinical approach to vascular imaging: an accurate non-invasive imaging modality, not requiring ionizing radiation or potentially nephrotoxic iodinated contrast media, was able to compete with the more hazardous and inv...

Table of Contents:

• Technical Background
• Unenhanced MR Angiography
• Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography: Theory and Technical Optimization
• Time-resolved MR Angiography
• Image Processing in Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography
• Contrast Agents
• Contrast Agents for MR Angiography: Current Status and Future Perspectives
• Head and Neck Vessels
• MR Angiography of Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Arteries
• Intracranial MR Angiography
• Thorax
• MR Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta
• MR Angiography of the Pulmonary Vasculature
• Coronary Arteries
• MR Angiography of the Coronary Arteries
• Abdomen
• Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography of the Abdominal Aorta
• MR Angiography of the Renal Arteries
• MR Angiography of the Mesenteric Arteries
• MR Angiography of the Portal Venous System
• Peripheral Arteries
• MR Angiography of Peripheral Arteries: Upper Extremities
• MR Angiography of Peripheral Arteries: Lower Extremities
• Pedal MR Angiography
• Whole Body 3D MR Angiography
• MR Angiography in Pediatrics
• MRA in Pediatric Patients
• MR Venography
• MR Venography
• Clinical Implications
• Impact of MR Angiography on Endovascular Therapy.