MRI provides the best means of directly imaging the bone marrow and non-invasively assessing its composition. Regular age-related bone marrow changes, alterations related to red marrow reconversion, and pathological bone marrow processes generally conform to specific patterns that reflect the underlying marrow changes and can be recognized on MR images. In addition to conventional pulse sequences, advanced MRI techniques such as Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging depict marrow changes at the microvascular and cellular levels, respectively.
This book provides radiologists with in-depth information on the MRI appearances of normal, abnormal, and treated marrow following a structured, pattern-based approach. MRI findings for various diseases that affect the bone marrow, particularly malignant ones, are presented in detail. MRI pattern recognition offers a systematic approach to image interpretation and diagnosis and has prognostic implications for some disease entities. Each chapter includes a wealth of high-quality images and Key Points summarizing the most important information.
In addition to radiologists, practitioners with an interest in hematology and oncology will find this textbook atlas a valuable resource for the latest clinically relevant advances in bone marrow imaging.
