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Thoracic Aorta and Pulmonary Vessels

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MR Angiography of the Body

Part of the book series: Diagnostic Imaging ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Magnetic Resonance technology's fast development has permitted a wider application of MR angiography for an accurate and noninvasive imaging of thoracic vessel disease. Diseases such as aortic dissection, aneurysm or pulmonary embolism can now be reliably studied with a very high degree of accuracy and reproducibility and much less feasibility limitation.

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  1. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, Corso Mazzini 18, Novara, 28100, Italy

    Marco Di Terlizzi, Ambrosini Roberta & Rita Fossaceca

  2. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, University del Piemonte Orientale “A. AVOGADRO,”, Corso Mazzini 18, Novara, 28100, Italy

    Alessandro Carriero

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Terlizzi, M.D., Roberta, A., Fossaceca, R., Carriero, A. (2010). Thoracic Aorta and Pulmonary Vessels. In: Neri, E., Cosottini, M., Caramella, D. (eds) MR Angiography of the Body. Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79717-3_8

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