This book is a unique, authoritative and clinically oriented text on pediatric body MRI. It is your one-step reference for current information on pediatric body MRI addressing all aspects of congenital and acquired disorders. The easy-to-navigate text is divided into 17 chapters. Each chapter is organized to comprehensively cover the latest MRI techniques, fundamental embryology and anatomy, normal development and anatomic variants, key clinical presentation, characteristic imaging findings with MRI focus, differential diagnosis and pitfalls, as well as up-to-date management and treatment. Written by internationally known pediatric radiology experts and editorial team lead by acclaimed author, Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH, this book is an ideal guide for practicing radiologists, radiology trainees, MRI technologists as well as clinicians in other specialties who are interested in pediatric body MRI.

Editor

Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH

Division of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. USA

 

Associate Editors

Mark C. Liszewski, MD

Division of Pediatric Radiology, Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

Michael S. Gee, MD, PhD

Division of Pediatric Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Pedro Daltro, MD, PhD

Alta Excelência Diagnóstica and Department of Radiology, Clínica Diagnóstico por Imagem (CDPI) , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil

Associate Imaging Editor

Ricardo Restrepo, MD

Pediatric Interventional Radiology, Nicklaus Childrens Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA

SECTION I: MRI of Pediatric Thorax.- Lung and Pleura.- Large Airways.- Great Vessels.- Mediastinum.- Chest Wall and Diaphragm.- SECTION II: MRI of Pediatric Abdomen and Pelvis.- Liver.- Bile Duct and Gallbladder.- Pancreas.- Spleen.- Adrenal Glands.- Gastrointestinal Tract.- Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder.- Male Genital Tract.- Female Genital Tract.- Peritoneum and Retroperitoneum.