Practical Small Animal MRI

Preface ix

1. Physics 1

Section 1. Comparative Imaging 1
Patrick R. Gavin

Section 2. Basic Physics 4
Patrick R. Gavin

Section 3. Sequence Selection 8
Patrick R. Gavin

Section 4. Artifacts 10
Patrick R. Gavin

Section 5. Equipment Consideration and Selection 21
Patrick R. Gavin

2. Veterinary Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging 23

Section 1. Diagnosis of Intracranial Disease 23
Rodney S. Bagley, Patrick R. Gavin, and Shannon P. Holmes

Section 2. Diagnosis of Spinal Disease 123
Rodney S. Bagley, Patrick R. Gavin, and Shannon P. Holmes

Section 3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Disease 227
Rodney S. Bagley, Patrick R. Gavin, and Shannon P. Holmes

3. Orthopedic 233
Patrick R. Gavin and Shannon P. Holmes

4. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Abdominal Disease 273
Patrick R. Gavin and Shannon P. Holmes

5. Thorax 295
Patrick R. Gavin and Shannon P. Holmes

6. Head—Non-CNS 309
Patrick R. Gavin and Shannon P. Holmes

7. Cancer Imaging 333
Susan L. Kraft

Index 357