This concise manual for radiologists, residents, and technologists details standardized protocols for all routine MRI applications, from the optimal positioning of patients to setting the appropriate scanning parameters. For each chapter (which cover all body systems), Moeller and Reif (radiology, Caritas Hospital, Germany) include information on preparation and materials, considerations in coil selection, protocols for conducting the exam, examples of sequences, and possible modifications, as well as how to avoid complications. They address both classic indications in neurology and orthopedics and MR cholangiography, urography, and colongraphy. This edition has new and expanded sections on MR angiography of pulmonary arteries and pelvic and leg vessels, the CARE Bolus Technique, whole body MRI, and other topics. Anatomical drawings are included, but there are no MR images. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)