Techniques and Semeiotics -- High-Field MRI and Safety: I. Installation -- High-Field MRI and Safety: II. Utilization -- 3.0 T MRI Diagnostic Features: Comparison with Lower Magnetic Fields -- Standard 3.0 T MR Imaging -- 3.0 T MR Angiography -- 3.0 T MR Spectroscopy -- 3.0 T Diffusion Studies -- Nerve Pathways with MR Tractography -- 3.0 T Perfusion Studies -- High-Field Strength Functional MRI -- Recent Developments and Prospects in High-Field MR -- 3.0 T Brain MRI: A Pictorial Overview of the Most Interesting Sequences -- Applications -- High-Field Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury -- 3.0 T Imaging of Ischaemic Stroke -- High-Field Strength MRI (3.0 T or More) in White Matter Diseases -- High-Field Neuroimaging in Parkinson's Disease -- High-Field 3 T Imaging of Alzheimer Disease -- 3.0 T Imaging of Brain Tumours -- Use of fMRI Activation Paradigms: A Presurgical Tool for Mapping Brain Function
Summary
This book describes the development of systems of magnetic resonance imaging using the higher magnetic field strength of 3 tesla, in comparison to the current gold standard of 1.5 tesla. It is the first monography on high-field Brain MR in Neuroradiology
