Full Description
This easy-to-understand guide in the highly respected Clark's stable of diagnostic imaging texts is an essential handbook for daily practice in magnetic resonance imaging, providing clear and practical advice to help both experienced practitioners and those new to the modality at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The book provides guidance on general procedures in MRI, summarising current relevant literature and professional body guidelines.
Clark's Essential Guide to MRI in General Clinical Practice takes the systematic approach adopted within books in the Clark's family and designed to be clear and consistent. The book introduces the reader to the technique from first principles, including image generation and capture, physical and psychological preparation of the patient, and safe practice, then moves to MRI by body region. Organised from head to toe, this section includes images that have been carefully selected to demonstrate positioning and, most importantly, adaptive positioning technique where the reader will learn how to achieve diagnostic images when their patient cannot lie in the desired 'textbook' position. The content concludes with a section devoted to advanced and specialist practice, including cardiac, fetal and breast imaging, and the impact of AI.
Contents
Part 1: Basic Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1. Coil Technology 2. Image Formation and Review 3. Image Artefacts 4. Quality Assurance 5. MRI Safety 6. Imaging Sequences 7. Patient Care 8. Infection Control 9. Contrast Agents 10. Contrast Safety 11. References Part 2: Body Region Imaging 12. Head, TMJs, Orbits, Pituitary 13. Chest and Chest Wall 14. Sternoclavicular Joints Shoulder 15. Breast 16. Soft Tissue Neck 17. Upper Abdomen, Kidneys and Adrenals 18. Upper Abdomen, Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tree 19. Small Bowel 20. Cervical Spine 21. Thoracic Spine 22. Lumbar Spine 23. Elbow 24. Forearm 25. Wrist, Hand, Fingers 26. Sacroiliac Joints 27. MSK Pelvis/Hip 28. Pelvis Groin 29. Rectum 30. Perinium 31. Prostate 32. Penis/Testes 33. Bladder 34. Gynae Pelvis 35. Femur/Thigh 36. Knee 37. Lower Leg - Tibia and Fibula 38. Ankle 39. Foot, Forefoot, Toes Part 3: Advanced Imaging Overview 40. Artificial Intelligence 41. Magnetic Resonance Angiography 42. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging 43. MR Arthrograms 44. Foetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging 45. Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging
