Clinical MRI of the Abdomen

Professor Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis is the inaugural chair, since 1988, of the department of Radiology at the University of Crete. He has served as the first Medical Director at the University Hospital of Heraklion (1997-1999) and two terms as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Crete (1999-2003). He is a founding member of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR), he was President in two annual ESGAR meetings (1990,1996) President of the Society (1997-2000 ) and President of the Joint European (ESGAR) and American (SGR) Abdominal Congress in 2006. Prof. Gourtsoyiannis was President of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in 2003 and President of the European Association of Radiology (EAR) in 2005-2006. He introduced the Electronic Poster online submission (EPOS) and he masterminded the creation of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), of which he became the first President (2006-2007). Recently he introduced the European School of Radiology (ESOR) of which he is the Scientific/Educational Director (2007-today). Prof. Gourtsoyiannis has been awarded numerous honorary memberships and Fellowships of Radiological Societies worldwide, and is the recipient of a number of medals including the gold medal of ESGAR (2000) and the gold medal of ESR (2008). An active researched Prof. Gourtsoyiannis has published more than 220 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals, he has written or co-written 32 book chapters and he is the editor or co-editor of 3 books, Imaging of Small Bowel Tumors (Elsevier 1997), Small Bowel Imaging (Springer- Verlag 2003) and Radiologic Pathologic Correlations (Springer- Verlag 2005). His great interest has been in the radiology of diseases of the Small Intestine and he is currently contributing to MR imaging evaluation of the Small Bowel. Prof. Gourtsoyiannis has been visiting Professor in 25 Universities around the globe and he has delivered more that 300 invited lecturesworld wide, among which several eponymous. He is currently serving as President of the International Society of Radiology (ISR).

• From the contents: Technical Considerations and Protocol Optimization.- Contrast Agents.- Liver and Biliary Tract.-Pancreas.-Splee.- Adrenals.-Kidneys.-Gut.-Pelvis.- Pediatric Abdomen.- MRI Advances in Patients with Cancer.- Abdominal MRI at 3 Tesla.

From the reviews: "This 727 pages book ... aims to offer the reader a thorough overview of MRI capabilities, focusing on the strengths and limitations in the field of abdominal diagnosis, as indicated in the title. ... appreciated by radiologists (working in the field and mastering it or at least willing to approach it) and clinicians who will benefit in their daily research and work from the diagnostic opportunities offered by MRI of the abdomen. Those clinicians who will ultimately provide benefit for their patients." (G. Beluffi, La radiologia medica, Vol. 117, 2012) "This practical textbook of clinical MRI is a timely addition to the published literature ... . The chapters are focused and clearly laid out, with important key points highlighted throughout the chapters. This makes it easy for the reader to recapitulate important learning points and take-home messages. ... provide a wealth of important and practical information, which would aid the reader in refining their own clinical practice and avoiding mistakes. ... This single volume book on ... MR imaging in the abdomen is highly recommended." (Dow-Mu Koh, RAD Magazine, April, 2010)