edited by V. Ralph McCready, Martin Leach, Peter J. Ell.
London
Springer London
1987
(xiii, 206 pages 146 illustrations)
1. The Relationship Between NMR and Other Functional Measurement Techniques --;Blood Flow --;Tissue Metabolism --;Tissue Characterisation --;Conclusions --;2. The Physical Basis of NMR Studies Measuring Physiological Function and Metabolism --;Physical Basis of NMR --;Imaging and Spatial Localisation of NMR Spectra --;Functional Parameters --;Instrumentation --;Siting and Safety --;3. Functional Imaging Using NMR --;NMR Image Parameters --;Contrast Optimised Images --;Flow Imaging --;Cardiac Imaging --;23Na Imaging --;Fast Imaging --;4. NMR Spectroscopy: Application to Metabolic Research --;Fundamentals of NMR Spectroscopy --;Clinically Useful NMR Nuclei --;In Vivo Studies --;Conclusion --;5. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Heart and Large Vessels --;Method --;Imaging Details and Procedure --;Results and Conclusions --;6. Functional Studies of the Cardiovascular System Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging --;Imaging Techniques --;Clinical Applications --;Relaxation Parameters --;Magnetic Resonance Angiography --;Row Imaging --;The Future --;7. Paramagnetic Pharmaceuticals for Functional Studies --;Paramagnetic Metal Species --;Ferromagnetic Metal Species --;Stable Free Radicals --;Oxygen and Oxygen Carriers --;Magnetic Susceptibility Agents --;Density Substitution Agents --;8. Clinical Use of Intravenous Gadolinium-DTPA in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Central Nervous System --;Paramagnetic Contrast Agents --;Effects of Paramagnetic Contrast Agents on NMR Parameters --;Results of Paramagnetic Contrast Agents in Clinical Studies --;Toxicity --;Conclusion --;9. Tissue Characterisation by NMR --;The NMR Parameters --;Possibilities for Tissue Characterisation --;10. The Influence of NMR Parameters on Imaging --;Qualitative Evaluation with Appropriate Pulse Sequences --;Quantitative Evaluation and Image Synthesis --;Tissue Characterisation --;Future Considerations --;11. A Correlative Approach to Nuclear Medicine and NMR Imaging --;Central Nervous System --;Neck --;Thorax --;Abdomen --;Skeleton --;Conclusion.
This volume is based on a series of lectures delivered at a one-day teach- ing symposium on functional and metabolic aspects of NMR measure- ments held at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School on 1st September 1985 as a part of the European Nuclear Medicine Society Congress.
Human physiology.
Medicine.
Nuclear medicine.
QP519
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9
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N83
E358
1987
edited by V. Ralph McCready, Martin Leach, Peter J. Ell.