| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 262 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part I. Contrast agent properties and technical aspects. MRI contrast media : introduction and basic properties of the blood pool agent Vasovist® / Martin Rohrer ; Contrast enhanced MRA : first pass and steady state / Harald H. Quic -- Part II. Safety and efficacy. Risks and safety issues related to radiological imaging, in particular MRI / Gunnar Brix ; Summary of safety of Vasovist® at 0.03 mmol/kg body weight dose : clinical data / Matthias Voth and Andrea Löwe ; Efficacy of Vasovist® : overview of the clinical development program / Mathias Goyen -- Part III. Blood pool agents in MRA : indications, clinical applications and benefits. Head and neck MRA / Marco Essig ; Pulmonary MRA / Christian Fink, Ulrike Attenberger, and Konstantin Nikolaou ; Abdominal MRA / Henrik Michaely ; MRA of the peripheral vasculature / Tim Leiner and Jeffrey H. Maki ; Magnetic resonance venography / Giles Roditi ; Whole-body MRA / Harald Kramer, Maximilian F. Reiser, and Konstantin Nikolaou ; Endoleak imaging / Sandra A.P. Cornelissen, Mathias Prokop, Hence J.M. Verhagen, and Lambertus W. Bartels ; Gastrointestinal bleeding / Joachim Lotz -- Part IV. New horizons in vascular diagnostics. Vasovist® for ischemic and congenital heart disease / Sebastian Kelle, Gerald Greil, Reza Razavi, and Eike Nagel ; Vasovist® in brain tumor imaging / Marco Essig and Clemens Fitzek ; Vasovist® in lymph node imaging : present status and future development / Max J. Lahaye, R. Bert Jan de Bondt, Sanne M.E. Engelen, Geerard L. Beets, and Regina G.H. Beets-Tan ; Vasovist® for breast cancer recognition / Joan C. Vilanova and Klaus Wasser ; Vasovist® for multiple sclerosis recognition / Michael Forsting ; Vasovist® in interventional MR imaging / Michael Bock and Frank Wacker ; Vasovist® in lymphography / Christoph U. Herborn -- Part V. Image processing. Image post-processing of blood pool MR angiograms / Joachim Graessner -- Part VI. Pharmacoeconomic impact. Health economic assessment of Vasovist® : technical, clinical and cost benefits / Carsten Schwenke, Susanne Kienbaum, and Karsten Bergmann ; Patient management and referrals : impact of high-resolution steady state MRA with Vasovist® / Winfried A. Willinek and Dariusch R. Hadizadeh |
| Summary |
Presents an introduction to the basic physicochemical aspects of the Vasovist[registered] (Gadofosveset), worldwide the first blood pool agent, the application of the agent in clinical MRA, as well as potential clinical applications beyond MRA and patient management-related aspects. This book explains basic and technical properties of the agent |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Contrast media (Diagnostic imaging)
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Gadolinium -- Diagnostic use
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Angiography.
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Blood-vessels -- Magnetic resonance imaging
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Gadolinium.
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Magnetic Resonance Angiography -- methods
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Angiography
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Contrast Media
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Gadolinium
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MEDICAL -- Cardiology.
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Gadolinium
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Angiography
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Blood-vessels -- Magnetic resonance imaging
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Contrast media (Diagnostic imaging)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leiner, Tim.
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| ISBN |
9783540778615 |
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3540778616 |
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1282509098 |
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9781282509092 |
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