Textbook of practical NMR imaging

This compendium 'Textbook of practical NMR imaging' offers assistance in deciding on the indication for the technique. Moreover, it also addresses physicists, medical radiology assistants, and bioengineers. The authors first of all deal with general aspects of nmr imaging as a diagnostical technique in comparison with other imaging techniques. The following chapter describes in detail the areas of application, from scull and vertebral column diagnosis to the muscle and skeletal system. A further chapter concerns the physical bases and the set-up and mode of function of nmr imaging units. An annex contains nuclear magnetic resonance terminology, legal bases, guidelines, and recommendations. (orig./MG)