title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the thorax. Past, present, and future.
abstract: Magnetic resonance is a valuable modality of extreme flexibility for specific problem-solving capability in the thorax. This article reviews MR applications in the imaging of great vessels, which are currently the most important applications in the thorax; other established applications in the thorax; and pulmonary functional MR imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hatabu
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Edinburgh
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garpestad
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Edelman
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000639:trends*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000639:trends; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / Q000502:physiology