title: Whole-body MR imaging. Practical issues, clinical applications, and future directions.
abstract: Whole-body MR imaging is in evolution, and although accepting and recognizing limitations, it is likely that both technique and incurred acquisition times will shorten over the next decade. Although the development of dedicated whole-body MR scanners appears to offer the greatest promise for the future, the development of moving table tops, optimized pulse sequences, and advances in gradient technology now facilitate practical whole-body MR imaging using existing clinical systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Eustace
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Yucel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male