Main description:

This book is a unique, authoritative and clinically oriented text on pediatric body MRI. It is your one-step reference for current information on pediatric body MRI addressing all aspects of congenital and acquired disorders. The easy-to-navigate text is divided into 17 chapters. Each chapter is organized to comprehensively cover the latest MRI techniques, fundamental embryology and anatomy, normal development and anatomic variants, key clinical presentation, characteristic imaging findings with MRI focus, differential diagnosis and pitfalls, as well as up-to-date management and treatment. Written by internationally known pediatric radiology experts and editorial team lead by acclaimed author, Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH, this book is an ideal guide for practicing radiologists, radiology trainees, MRI technologists as well as clinicians in other specialties who are interested in pediatric body MRI.

Contents:

SECTION I: MRI of Pediatric Thorax.- Lung and Pleura.- Large Airways.- Great Vessels.- Mediastinum.- Chest Wall and Diaphragm.- SECTION II: MRI of Pediatric Abdomen and Pelvis.- Liver.- Bile Duct and Gallbladder.- Pancreas.- Spleen.- Adrenal Glands.- Gastrointestinal Tract.- Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder.- Male Genital Tract.- Female Genital Tract.- Peritoneum and Retroperitoneum.