Main description:

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of The Pelvis: A Practical Approach presents comprehensive information to deal with commonly encountered pelvic pathologies. The content is developed by disease-focused experts aiming to share their experience to make the information easily applicable to clinical setting and research.

The book covers a wide range of pelvic pathologies, and each chapter focuses on problem-solving approaches and includes tips and advice for multiple real-world scenarios. It also provides comprehensive-yet-tailored protocols, clear guidelines for indications, a detailed discussion of pathologies, descriptions of important differential diagnoses, and pitfalls and their solutions.

It is a valuable resource for radiologists, researchers, clinicians, and members of medical and biomedical fields who need to understand better how to use MRI to base their diagnosis or advance their research work.

Contents:

1. MRI of mesorectum and rectal cancer staging: baseline, post treatment, mucinous rectal cancers
2. MR Defecography
3. MR Imaging Evaluation of Perianal Fistulas and Pelvic Pain
4. MRI of Urinary Bladder
5. MRI of Pelvic Vessels (including pelvic congestion other syndromes and UAE)
6. Prostate MRI Technique, Anatomy of the Prostate and Noncancerous Disease Processes of the Prostate
7. Prostate Cancer at mp-MRI, PI-RADS v2.1, Common and Uncommon Mimics of Prostate Cancer, and Imaging-Guided Prostate Biopsy
8. Diagnosis of Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Its Mimics
9. MRI of scrotum and testicles
10. MRI of penis and penile prostheses
11. MRI of Female Infertility
12. MRI of benign uterine pathologies
13. MRI of malignant uterine tumors
14. MRI of cervical cancer
15. MRI evaluation of abdominal pain during pregnancy (including abnormal placentation)
16. MRI of endometriosis
17. MRI of commonly encountered benign nonneoplastic female pelvic (ovarian and nonovarian) pathologies
18. MRI of ovarian tumors (benign and malignant)
19. MRI of female urethra and periurethral pathologies
20. MRI of fetus