S. O. Schoenberg · O. Dietrich · M. F. Reiser (Eds.)

2007

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the substantial advantage over other imaging modalities that assessment of morphology can be combined with evaluation of function and metabolism. Due to the lack of exposure to radiation or iodinated contrast agents, imaging can be multiply repeated and extended to the entire body within a single MRI scan. However, in the past this appealing comprehensive approach was highly restricted due to limitations in speed and spatial resolution of the acquisitions.