Table Of ContentBody MR Imaging at 3 Tesla
Body MR Imaging at 3 Tesla
Edited by
Ihab R. Kamel
JohnsHopkinsSchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,Maryland,USA
Elmar M. Merkle
DukeUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Durham,NorthCarolina,USA
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Contents
List of contributors vi
Foreword ix
Jonathan S.Lewin
Preface xi
1. Body MRimagingat 3T: basic 9. Magnetic resonance
considerations about artifacts and cholangiopancreatography 123
safety 1 Byun Ihn Choi and Jeong Min Lee
Kevin J. Chang and Ihab R. Kamel
10. MR imaging of small and large bowel 134
2. Novel acquisition techniques that are Manon L. W.Ziech, MarijeP. vander Paardt,
facilitated by3T 12 Aart J. Nederveen,and Jaap Stoker
HiroumiD. Kitajima, PuneetSharma, Daniel
11. MR imaging of the rectum, 3T vs.1.5T 150
R. Karolyi, and Diego R. Martin
MoniqueMaas, Doenja M. J. Lambregts, and
3. BreastMRimaging 26 Regina G. H.Beets-Tan
SavannahC. Partridge, HabibRahbar, and
12. Imaging of the kidneysand MRurography
ConstanceD.Lehman
at3T 164
4. Cardiac MRimaging 34 John R. Leyendecker
ChristopherJ.François,OliverWieben,andScott
13. MR imaging andMR-guided biopsy of the
B. Reeder
prostateat3T 178
5. Abdominal and pelvic MRangiography 47 Katarzyna J.Macura and Jurgen J. Fütterer
HenrikJ. Michaely
14. Femalepelvicimagingat3T 197
6. Liver MR imaging at3T:challenges and Darcy J. Wolfman andSusan M. Ascher
opportunities 67
ElizabethM. Hecht and Bachir Taouli
7. MR imaging of the pancreas 82
Index 206
Sang Soo Shin, Chang HeeLee, RafaelO.P.
de Campos,and Richard C.Semelka
The color plate sectionfoundbetween pp. 180
8. MR imaging of the adrenal glands 111 and181.
DanieleMarin andElmar M. Merkle
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Contributors
Susan M. Ascher, MD DanielR. Karolyi, MD PhD
Georgetown University Hospital, Clinically Applied Research Body MR imaging
Washington, DC, USA Program, Department of Radiology, Emory
University School of Medicine, Atlanta,
Regina G.H. Beets-Tan, MD, PhD
GA, USA
Department of Radiology, Maastricht
University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Hiroumi D.Kitajima, PhD
The Netherlands Department of Radiology, Emory Healthcare, Inc.,
Atlanta, GA, USA
Rafael O.P.de Campos, MD
Department of Radiology, University of North Doenja M. J. Lambregts, MD
Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Department of Radiology, Maastricht
University Medical Centre, Maastricht,
Kevin J. Chang, MD
The Netherlands
Brown University Alpert Medical School,
Providence, RI, USA
Chang Hee Lee, MD
Byun Ihn Choi, MD Department of Radiology, University of North
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University, Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA, and Korea
College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University
College of Medicine, South Korea
Christopher J. François, MD
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin – Jeong Min Lee, MD
Madison, Madison, WI, USA Department of Radiology, Seoul National University,
College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Jurgen J. Fütterer, MD, PhD
Department of Radiology, Radboud University Constance D.Lehman, MD, PhD
Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Section of Breast Imaging, University of
The Netherlands Washington Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care
Alliance, Seattle, WA, USA
Elizabeth M. Hecht, MD
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University John R. Leyendecker, MD
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Department of Radiology and Magnetic Resonance
Imaging,WakeForestUniversitySchoolofMedicine,
Ihab R. Kamel, MD, PhD
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology Monique Maas, MD
and Radiological Science, Department of Radiology, Maastricht University
Baltimore, MD, USA Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Listofcontributors
Katarzyna J.Macura, MD,PhD Richard C. Semelka, MD
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology Department of Radiology, University of North
and Radiological Science, Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Johns Hopkins University,
Puneet Sharma, PhD
Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Radiology, Emory Healthcare, Inc.,
Daniele Marin, MD Atlanta, GA, USA
Department of Radiology, Duke University
Sang SooShin, MD
Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Department of Radiology, University of
Diego R. Martin, MD,PhD North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA, and
Clinically Applied Research Body MR Imaging Chonnam National University Medical School,
Program, Department of Radiology, Emory Gwangju, South Korea
University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Jaap Stoker, MD, PhD
Elmar M. Merkle, MD Department of Radiology, Academic Medical
Department of Radiology, Duke University School Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA The Netherlands
HenrikJ. Michaely, MD Bachir Taouli, MD
InstituteofClinicalRadiologyandNuclearMedicine, Department of Radiology, The Mount Sinai
University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Faculty Mannheim – University of Heidelberg,
Marije P.van der Paardt, MD
Mannheim, Germany
Department ofRadiology, AcademicMedical Center,
Aart J.Nederveen, PhD University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
Department ofRadiology, AcademicMedical Center, The Netherlands
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
Oliver Wieben, PhD
The Netherlands
Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology,
Savannah C. Partridge Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research,
Section of Breast Imaging, University of Washington University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison,
MedicalCenter,SeattleCancerCareAlliance,Seattle, WI, USA
WA, USA
Darcy J. Wolfman, MD
Habib Rahbar Georgetown University Hospital,
Section of Breast Imaging, University of Washington Washington, DC, USA
MedicalCenter,SeattleCancerCareAlliance,Seattle,
Manon L.W. Ziech, MD
WA, USA
Department ofRadiology, AcademicMedical Center,
Scott B.Reeder, MD, PhD University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
Departments of Radiology, Medical Physics, The Netherlands
Biomedical Engineering, and Medicine, University of
Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Foreword
Astheuseof3Tsystems evolvesintothestandardof at 3T. The editors have done an outstanding job of
careforbodyMRimaging,anin-depthunderstanding choosing clinicians and scientists involved in the
ofthedifferencesbetweenbodyimagingat3Tversus development and early adoption of 3T MR imaging
1.5T becomes critical for all diagnostic imagers. Up ofthebody,andhavecreatedacompendiumthatwill
untilnow,athoroughknowledgeofprotocols,physics, trulyimpactthefieldforyearstocome.Itisaparticu-
andpotentialpitfallsin3TMRimagingofthebodyhas larpleasureformetowritethisintroduction,asIhave
been limited to those radiologists with extensive hadthehonorofworkingcloselywithDr.Merklefor
experience at this higher field strength. Fortunately, over12yearsandwithDr.Kamelforthepast7years.
withthepublicationofBodyMRImagingat3Teslaby Watching them produce this textbook is a pleasure
Drs. Ihab Kamel and Elmar Merkle, this knowledge onlyequaledbythesatisfactionofreadingitscontent.
and insight is now available to a wide audience of To you, the reader, I wish many hours of enjoyment
diagnostic radiologists and other clinical imaging and learning in your reading of this book, and I am
physicians. Drs. Merkle and Kamel are truly author- certain your future patients will benefit from much
itiesinhigh-fieldbodyMRimaging;inthisbook,they thatyoulearnintheprocess!
have gathered additional experts from around the
world to lend their own proficiency in MR imaging JonathanS. Lewin, MD,FACR
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