The previous editions of this textbook were written in Italian. The new edition is in English in order to offer the book also to international readers, maintainting the Italian readers, as English is nowadays a current language for Italian Radiologists.
The book maintains the focus to describe the different pathologic conditions which can be evaluated and diagnosed with MRI, offering good quality images and up to date technical protocols.
It has been decided to produce both a printed book and an ebook. The printed book is in gray scale while the ebook contains also color images which are identified in the printed version with a reminder to look at the electronic book. Moreover, the electronic images can be zoomed, allowing the reader a better evaluation.
The first part of the book describes physical concepts of MRI. The second part is focused on the diseases of the different abdominal organs with descriptions of the main semeiotic features, typical diagnostic protocols and of most frequent pathologic conditions. In many chapters are added the protocols and diseases that can be observed in pediatric patients.