Handbook of MRI Technique

Name: Handbook of MRI Technique
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ISBN: 9781119759331

by Catherine Westbrook

5th Edition

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Print ISBN	9781119759331
eText ISBN	9781119759461
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing Year	2022
Edition	5th Edition
Language	English
Pages	416

The 5th Edition of Handbook of MRI Technique provides a structured reference for performing diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging procedures. Designed for radiography students, radiologic technologists, and radiology residents, this handbook explains essential operational steps and technical considerations across routine clinical environments.

Core chapters address theoretical and practical concepts, including protocol parameters and trade-offs, pulse sequences, flow phenomena, and artefacts. Practical instructions guide users through cardiac gating applications and contrast agents. Anatomical coverage spans examination areas including the head and neck, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, upper limbs, and lower limbs.

A dedicated chapter on paediatric imaging addresses specialized clinical considerations for younger patients. This handbook offers targeted guidance for newly qualified practitioners and professionals preparing for MRI-based certification and examination.

Chapter 1: How to Use This Book
- • Introduction
- • Common indications
- • Basic anatomy
- • Equipment
- • Patient positioning
- • Slice prescription
- • Suggested protocol
- • Protocol optimization
- • Patient considerations
- • Contrast usage
- • Summary
- • Terms and abbreviations used in Part 2
- • Conclusion
Chapter 2: Protocol Parameters and Trade-offs
- • Introduction
- • Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
- • Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR)
- • Spatial resolution
- • Scan time
- • Decision strategies
- • Conclusion
Chapter 3: Pulse Sequences
- • Introduction
- • Conventional spin echo (CSE)
- • Fast spin echo or turbo spin echo (FSE/TSE)
- • Inversion recovery (IR/FSE/TSE-IR)
- • Rewound gradient echo
- • Balanced GRE
- • Spoiled GRE
- • Reverse echo GRE
- • Echo planar imaging (EPI)
- • Conclusion
Chapter 4: Flow Phenomena and Artefacts
- • Flow phenomena
- • Introduction
- • Time of flight (TOF)
- • Entry slice phenomenon
- • Intra-voxel dephasing
- • Flow artefact remedies
- • Artefacts
- • Phase mismapping
- • Aliasing
- • Chemical shift
- • Out-of-phase signal cancellation
- • Truncation
- • Magnetic susceptibility
- • Magic angle
- • Conclusion
Chapter 5: Gating and Respiratory Compensation Techniques
- • Introduction
- • Cardiac gating (ECG/EKG gating)
- • Peripheral gating (Pe gating)
- • Ciné imaging
- • Imaging planes
- • Respiratory Compensation (RC)
- • Conclusion
Chapter 6: Patient Care and Safety
- • Introduction
- • Patient screening
- • Safety zones
- • Safety concerns during the examination
- • Patient counselling
- • Patient immobilization
- • Patient after-care
- • Conclusion
Chapter 7: Contrast Agents
- • Introduction
- • Gd-based positive contrast agents
- • Negative contrast agents
- • Patient considerations
- • Conclusion
Chapter 8: Head and Neck
- • Brain
- • Temporal lobes
- • Internal auditory meatus and posterior fossa
- • Pituitary fossa
- • Orbits
- • Paranasal sinuses
- • Pharynx
- • Larynx
- • Thyroid and parathyroid glands
- • Salivary glands
- • Temporomandibular joints
- • Vascular imaging
- • Head and neck imaging – key points
Chapter 9: Spine
- • Cervical spine
- • Thoracic spine
- • Lumbar spine
- • Whole spine imaging
- • Spine imaging – key points
Chapter 10: Chest
- • Lungs and mediastinum
- • Heart and great vessels
- • Thymus
- • Breast
- • Axilla
- • Brachial plexus
- • Chest imaging – key points
Chapter 11: Abdomen
- • Liver and biliary system
- • Kidneys and adrenal glands
- • Pancreas
- • Bowel
- • Vascular imaging
- • Abdominal imaging – key points
Chapter 12: Pelvis
- • Prostate
- • Rectum and testes
- • Uterus and cervix
- • Pelvic imaging – key points
Chapter 13: Upper Limb
- • Shoulder
- • Humerus
- • Elbow
- • Forearm
- • Wrist and hand
- • Upper limb imaging – key points
Chapter 14: Lower Limb
- • Hips
- • Femur
- • Knee
- • Tibia and fibula
- • Ankle
- • Foot
- • Vascular imaging
- • Lower limb imaging – key points
Chapter 15: Paediatric Imaging
- • Introduction
- • Creating the right environment
- • Sedation and anaesthesia
- • The MRI examination
- • Conclusion
- • Paediatric imaging – key points