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020			_a978-3-319-44173-3
020			_a978-3-319-44174-0
082			_2Second Edition
100			_aTommaso Scarabino _915604
245			_aHigh Field Brain MRI _bUse in Clinical Practice
250			_aSecond Edition
260			_a“L. Bonomo” Hospital Andria (BT) Italy _b Springer International Publishing Switzerland _c2017
300			_a385 Pages
500			_aIncludes References and Index
520			_aThe second revised and implemented edition of this text aims to provide an update on the progress achieved in the high-field MRI systems in terms of hardware, software, its use in clinical routine and in the research field. During the last years, there has been an increase in the installation trend of MRI 3 Tesla scanner all over the world, thanks to new laws and concessions introduced by the legislative systems of different European countries and thanks to the growing interest in the experts deriving from the different utlities and diagnostic possibilities. Through the research carried out in this area by various manufacturing companies, the 3 Tesla scanners have become more compact, powerful, and versatile. These improvements have also been accompanied by a reduction of the differences in terms of the purely economic costs compared with more widely diffused 1.5 Tesla devices. In this text, the many benefits offered by a 3 Tesla scanner compared to 1.5 Tesla are highlighted: higher signal, higher resolution, higher sensitivity, shorter imaging times, additional more advanced study procedures and enhanced diagnostic capacity, greater accuracy in morphofunctional study of the brain. With advances in terms of software and hardware, some of the shortcomings of the 3.0 T systems, previously put in evidence, (inhomogeneity of the field, artifacts caused by susceptibility and chemical shift, elevated SAR, high costs), are currently less relevant. The 3.0 T MR systems currently offer morphological investigation with high spatial, temporal and contrast resolution (essential for diagnosis). They also provide physiological, metabolic and functional information, enhancing the diagnostic power of routine MR imaging in terms of sensitivity and specificity both in clinical practice and in applied research purposes. This volume includes papers on the techniques and semeiotics of morphofunctional cerebral imaging at 3.0 Tesla (including reference to the advantages and drawbacks respect to lower field strength MR systems) and the main clinical applications in neuroradiology
654			_xRadiology and Neuroradiology
700			_aSaverio Pollice _915605
700			_a Teresa Popolizio _915606
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