Section 1 - Physics and Technical Considerations - Image Optimization
Chapter 1: General Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 2: Image Characteristics in MRI
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 3: Principal and Advanced Pulse Sequences
Shannon Holmes
Chapter 4: MRI Artifacts
Fraser McConnell
Chapter 5: Optimized Technique: Brain
Silke Hecht and Jay Griffin
Chapter 6: Optimized Technique: Spine
Ruth Dennis
Chapter 7: Technical Particularities with Low-Field and 3 T MRI
Shannon Holmes
Chapter 8: MRI Safety
Wilfried Mai
Section 2: MRI of the Brain
Chapter 9: MRI Neuroanatomy
Philippa Johnson
Chapter 10: Congenital and Developmental Disorders of the Brain
Silke Hecht
Chapter 11: Metabolic, Toxic and Degenerative Encephalopathies
Ines Carrera
Chapter 12: Encephalitis/Meningoencephalitis
Benjamin Young
Chapter 13: Intracranial Neoplasia
Jay Griffin, Silke Hecht
Chapter 14: Cystic and Cyst-Like Conditions of the Brain
Silke Hecht
Chapter 15: Ischemic Brain Disease and Vascular Anomalies
Fraser McConnell
Chapter 16: Intracranial Hemorrhage
Fraser McConnell
Chapter 17: Brain Trauma
Abby Caine
Chapter 18: Brain Maturation and Aging
Silke Hecht and Jennifer Michaels
Chapter 19: Cranial Nerves Diseases
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 20: Neuroanatomical Differential Diagnoses of Intracranial Lesions
Philippa Johnson
Section 3: MRI of Non-Neurological Structures of the Head and Neck
Chapter 21: Nasal Cavity and Frontal Sinuses
Wilfried Mai and Susanne Boroffka
Chapter 22: Eye and Orbit
Susanne Boroffka and Wilfried Mai
Chapter 23: External, Middle, and Inner Ear
Wilfried Mai and Susanne Boroffka
Chapter 24: Non-Neurologic Conditions of the Head and Neck
Olivier Taeymans
Section 4: MRI of the Spine
Chapter 25: The Intervertebral Disc: Normal MRI Anatomy, Degenerative Disc Disease and Disc Herniation
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 26: Cervical Spondylomyelopathy
Ronaldo Da Costa
Chapter 27: Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis
Wilfried Mai and Silke Hecht
Chapter 28: Congenital and Developmental Anomalies and Malformations of the Spine
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 29: Spinal Inflammatory and Infectious Conditions
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 30: Spinal Neoplasia
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 31: Compressive Vasculopathy, Ischemic Myelopathy, Spinal Hemorrhage, Myelomalacia
Daniela Schweizer-Gorgas and Wilfried Mai
Chapter 32: Cystic and Cyst-Like Conditions of the Spine
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 33: Syringomyelia
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 34: Brachial, Lumbosacral Plexuses and Other Spinal Nerves
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 35: Degenerative Spinal Diseases
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 36: Spinal Trauma
Abby Caine
Chapter 37: Paraspinal Soft Tissues
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 38: Neuroanatomical Differential Diagnoses of Spinal Lesions
Philippa Johnson
Section 5: MRI of the Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 39: General Features and Optimized Technique for the Musculoskeletal System
Shannon Holmes
Chapter 40: Musculoskeletal Diseases
Shannon Holmes
Section 6: MRI of the Thorax and Abdomen
Chapter 41: Cardiac MRI
Wilfried Mai
Chapter 42: Non-Cardiac Thoracic Conditions
Ruth Dennis and Wilfried Mai
Chapter 43: Abdominal MRI
Wilfried Mai, Ruth Dennis, Matthew Paek
Biography
Dr. Wilfried Mai earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Dr Méd Vét) from the School of Veterinary Medicine of Maisons-Alfort, France, in 1995. Following a two-year internship in small animal internal medicine, he completed a residency in radiology and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering in Lyon, France. Dr. Mai went on to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, in collaboration with Duke University in North Carolina.
He became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging in 2000 and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2006.
Since joining the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004, Dr. Mai has been a dedicated clinician, educator, and researcher in veterinary radiology. He currently serves as Professor and Chief of Radiology, as well as Director of the Radiology Residency Program at Penn Vet.
PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION
"This ambitious book has been long overdue in veterinary diagnostic imaging and it will be hugely valued as a standard reference textbook by everybody working in this field. The condensed bullet point format makes it greatly accessible."
Dr Petra Agthe, CertVDI, DipECVDI, MRCVS, Head of Diagnostic Imaging, Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists
"I recently bought Diagnostic MRI in Dogs and Cats as supplemental reading while applying for Neurology residencies. This book has exceeded my expectations by far! I have been bringing it everywhere with me, and the neurologist I currently shadow will be ordering it as well."
Dr Heather Simon, VMD, New Jersey






