Part I. Basics of MRI
1. Physical Basics of NMR
Rolf Pohmann
2. Spatial Encoding - Basic Imaging Sequences
Rolf Pohmann
3. Basic Contrast Mechanisms
Leif Schröder and Cornelius Faber
4. Scanner Components
Volker Behr
5. Small Animal Preparation and Handling in MRI
Patrick McConville
Part II. Special Techniques
6. Cerebral Perfusion MRI in Mice
Frank Kober, Guillaume Duhamel, and Virginie Callot
7. High Field Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Small Animals and Excised Tissue
Bernadette Erokwu, Chris Flask, and Vikas Gulani
8. The BOLD Effect
Joan M. Greve
9. Screening of CEST MR Contrast Agents
Xiaolei Song, Kannie W.Y. Chan, and Michael T. McMahon
10. Hyperpolarized Noble Gases as Contrast Agents
Xin Zhou
11. Hyperpolarized Molecules in Solution
Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Haukur Jóhannesson, Stefan J. Petersson, and Jan Wolber
12. MR Oximetry
Jeff F. Dunn
13. MRI using Intermolecular Multiple-Quantum Coherences
Rosa T. Branca
Part III. Brain Applications
14. Experimental Stroke Research: The Contributions of In vivo MRI
Therése Kallur and Mathias Hoehn
15. Volumetry and Other Quantitative Measurements to Assess the Rodent Brain
Alize Scheenstra, Jouke Dijkstra, and Louise van der Weerd
16. Models of Neurodegenerative Disease - Alzheimer's Anatomical and Amyloid Plaque Imaging
Alexandra Petiet, Benoit Delatour, and Marc Dhenain
17. MRI in Animal Models of Psychiatric Disorders
Dana S. Poole, Melly S. Oitzl, and Louise van der Weerd
18. Spectroscopic Imaging of the Mouse Brain
Dennis W. J. Klomp and W. Klaas Jan Renema
Part IV. Spine Applications
19. Spinal Cord - MR of Rodent Models
Virginie Callot, Guillaume Duhamel, and Frank Kober
Part V. Cardiovascular Applications
20. Assessment of Cardiac Function
Jürgen E. Schneider
21. Plaque Imaging in Murine Models of Cardiovascular Disease
Gert Klug, Volker Herold, and Karl-Heinz Hiller
22. Interventional MRI in the Cardiovascular System
Harald H. Quick
23. MR for the Investigation of Murine Vasculature
Christoph Jacoby and Ulrich Flögel
Part VI. Lung Applications
24. MRI of the Lung: Non-invasive Protocols and Applications to Small Animal Models of Lung Disease
Magdalena Zurek and Yannick Crémillieux
Part VII. Cancer Models
25. Characterization of Tumor Vasculature in Mouse Brain by USPIO Contrast-enhanced MRI
Giulio Gambarota and William Leenders
26. Cancer Models - A Multiparametric Application of M
