Questions & Answers in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Summary: A Phenomenal Resource
Review: A great resource for anyone working in MRI!!

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Summary: Elster's Answeers
Review: The short directed answers used by Elster draw the reader through the subject of MR principles and sequences quickly and effectively. The foramt allows Elster to deal with issues of electromagnetism that are essential to an easy understanding of MRI, but which are often assumed or ignored in other texts and reference books. Most importantly, the book does not lead the reader astray with the sort of comfortable but misleading simplifications used elsewhere. It is certainly time for a new edition as the book deals only briefly with fast spin echo, and sections of the contrast media discussions have become dated. The next best thing is this reprint of teh first edition. Many of my colleagues have waited for it eagerly.

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Summary: Outstanding in Every Way
Review: This is a great source of information for all those involved in MRI practice. The authors give concise, readable, and even sometimes interesting answers to the most commonly asked questions pertaining to this complex subject, without unnecessary simplification. Both authors should be commended on a job well done. This beats the competition hands down!

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Summary: Elster's Q & A on MRI, 2nd Ed.
Review: This is an outstanding book for the beginner and intermediate level student of MRI. The book provides understandable, yet much more in depth explanations of basic physics and gives intuitive insights into mechanisms which I have not found in other presentations. Also, the references at the bottom of each question are superb, often with commentary on their special value. Some excellent web sites are given which I had not found by search engine. The authors clearly devoted tremendous effort to this book to make it as good as it could be and they were successful. This book is a paradigm for presenting highly technical topics in an understandable way - very impressive, and highly recommended to anyone learning MRI.