10 Part 2: Examination Areas 8 Head and Neck BRAIN TEMPORAL LOBES INTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS AND POSTERIOR FOSSA PITUITARY FOSSA ORBITS PARANASAL SINUSES PHARYNX LARYNX THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS SALIVARY GLANDS TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINTS VASCULAR IMAGING HEAD AND NECK IMAGING – KEY POINTS 9 Spine CERVICAL SPINE THORACIC SPINE LUMBAR SPINE WHOLE SPINE IMAGING SPINE IMAGING – KEY POINTS 10 Chest LUNGS AND MEDIASTINUM HEART AND GREAT VESSELS THYMUS BREAST AXILLA BRACHIAL PLEXUS CHEST IMAGING – KEY POINTS 11 Abdomen LIVER AND BILIARY SYSTEM KIDNEYS AND ADRENAL GLANDS PANCREAS BOWEL VASCULAR IMAGING ABDOMINAL IMAGING – KEY POINTS 12 Pelvis PROSTATE RECTUM AND TESTES UTERUS AND CERVIX PELVIC IMAGING – KEY POINTS 13 Upper Limb SHOULDER HUMERUS ELBOW FOREARM WRIST AND HAND UPPER LIMB IMAGING – KEY POINTS 14 Lower Limb HIPS FEMUR KNEE TIBIA AND FIBULA ANKLE FOOT VASCULAR IMAGING LOWER LIMB IMAGING – KEY POINTS 15 Paediatric Imaging INTRODUCTION CREATING THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT SEDATION AND ANAESTHESIA THE MRI EXAMINATION CONCLUSION PAEDIATRIC IMAGING – KEY POINTS
11 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Abbreviations used in this book.Table 1.2 Summary of slice prescription criteria.
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Summary of parameters.Table 2.2 Parameters and their trade‐offs.
3 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Comparison of vendor acronyms.Table 3.2 Summary of contrast characteristics of pathology and normal anato...
4 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Artefacts and their remedies.
5 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Examples of acoustic noise (approximate loudness in dB).
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Correct placement of a flat surface receive coil.Figure 1.2 Positioning of the alignment lights.
2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Conventional spin echo pulse sequence diagram with two echoes. ...Figure 3.2 Fast or turbo spin