Recent technological developments have broadened considerably the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of liver pathology. Today, MR imaging is not looked upon merely as a problem-solving technique but is widely considered the principal imaging modality for both the detection and accurate diagnosis of focal and diffuse liver disease. Advances in hardware and sequence design and the advent of novel contrast agents with liver-specific properties have contributed towards making MRI of the liver a routine clinical application.
Compared with previous publications on the application of MRI to study the liver, this book stands out in at least three major respects:

• It presents in a clear and concise manner the current approaches to routine MRI of the liver, taking account of the hardware and software currently available from the major manufacturers and proposing imaging protocols for each.
• A vast number of illustrations describe the pathologic and radiological correlations of the principal focal and diffuse liver diseases.

• It presents a practical rationale for the use of contrast agents with liver-specific properties.
  This book will prove invaluable to radiologists wishing to expand or consolidate their routine approach to MR imaging of the liver.

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  Chapter 1 Techniques for MR Liver Imaging: Equipment. Imaging Parameters. Normal MR Appearance of the Liver. Parallel Imaging. EPI Planar Imaging. 3D-sequences (VIBE). Vascular Imaging. Appendices: Common Immaging Parameters of MR Machines from Different Vendors for MRI of the Liver.- Chapter 2 Contrast agents for MRI of the liver: Introduction. Protocols. Injection schemes for CM. Summary.- Chapter 3 Histopathological and Radiologic Classification of Focal Liver Pathologies: Histopathologic Classification of Focal and Diffuse Liver Disease: Benign and Malignant Nodular Hepatocellular Lesions. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Biliary Tract. Benign non-Epithelial Tumors. Malignant non- Epithelial Tumors. Hepatoblastoma. Tumors-like Lesions. Infectious Disease of the Liver. Parenchymal Disease. Vascular Changes. HIV-associated Liver Diseases. Hepatic Traumatization. Metastases. Infiltration of hte Liver in Hematologic Diseases.- Radiological Classification on MRI.- Chapter 4 Imaging of Benign Focal Liver Lesions: Primary Benign Liver Lesions. Secondary Benign Liver Lesions.- Chapter 5 Imaging of Malignant Focal Liver Lesions: Primary Malignant Liver Lesions. Secondary Malignant Liver Lesions.- Chapter 6 Focal Liver lesions with different Contrast Agents.- Chapter 7 Imaging of Diffuse Liver Disease: Fatthy Liver. Inflammatory Disease. Cirrhosis. Iron Overload. Vascular Pathologies.- Chapter 8 Liver MRI in Pediatric Subjects.- Chapter 9 Imaging of the Liver Post-Surgery and/or Post-Ablative Therapy: Surgical Resection. Radio-Frequency (RF) Ablation. Laser-Induced Interstitial Therapy (LITT). Cryotherapy. Loco-Regional Drug Application.- Chapter 10 MRA in Liver Diseases.