Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Bone Marrow

Technical aspects in bone marrow imaging: Diffusion and perfusion for bone marrow imaging.- Contrast media.- Histology and normal bone marrow: Histology of bone marrow.- Normal bone marrow, variants and mimickers.- Imaging examples of age dependent normal bone marrow and haematopoietic islands.- Bone marrow neoplasia: Primary bone marrow malignancies.- Bone metastases.- Multiple myeloma.- MRI as a tool for the assessment of treatment response in oncologic marrow involvement.- Differentiation of benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures.- Benign processes affecting the bone marrow: Diseases of the retikuloendothelial system.- Anemias and bone marrow insufficiency.- Osteonecrosis and bone infarction.- Bone marrow edema syndrome.- Bone marrow changes in acute and chronic trauma.- Infective inflammatory bone disease.-Non infective inflammatory bone marrow disease.