Plein Sven, Greenwood John, Ridgway John P. (eds.) Cardiovascular MR Manual

2nd edition. — Springer, 2015. — 475 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-20939-5The book provides an introduction to CMR imaging that is understandable and focused on the relevant information needed to using CMR imaging in clinical practice. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has become an established imaging modality with an expanding range of clinical indications. While in the past the availability of CMR imaging was limited to a few specialist centres the method is becoming more widely available. Most clinicians therefore need to have a general understanding of the diagnostic information that can be obtained from CMR imaging, the indications for referral as well as contraindications and limitations of the method. For cardiologists and radiologists in particular, CMR imaging will become a routine diagnostic tool and training curricula in Cardiology or Radiology reflect this trend by increasingly demanding training in CMR imaging.How Does CMR Work?
What’s Inside the Magnet and Why?
The MRI Environment
Protons and Spins: The Origin of the MR Signal
Generating a Signal: RF Pulses and Echoes
Relaxation Times, Gradient Echoes and Spin Echoes
Making an Image: Locating and Encoding Signals in Space
Image Space and k-Space
Imaging Parameters and Image Attributes
Improving SNR with Surface Coils and Array Coils
Pulse Sequences and Image Contrast
Gradient Echo Versus Spin Echo
Black Blood Versus Bright Blood Imaging
Dealing with Cardiac Motion: How Do We Image the Beating Heart?
Dealing with Respiratory Motion
Fast Imaging: How Do We Speed Up the Image Acquisition?
Special Pulse Sequences for Cardiac Imaging
Common Artefacts
Influence of Field Strength on CMR
How CMR Is Performed
The Basics of a CMR Study
Components of CMR Protocols
Anatomy by CMR
The CMR Report
Clinical Indications for CMR Imaging
Aortic Disease
Cardiomyopathies
Cardiac Transplantation
Pericardial Disease
Cardiac Masses
Valvular Heart Disease
Ischemic Heart Disease
Basic Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
CMR and Implantable Devices
Pulmonary Vein Assessment
Interventional Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Incidental Extra-Cardiac Findings in CMR