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Contents Abdominal and Thoracic Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Challenges, Technical Approaches and First Clinical Applications. H.U. Kauczor, R. Hausmann, W. Semmler Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Skeletal Muscle. F. Tr{ber, W.A. Kaiser, G. Layer,C. Kuhl, M. Reiser Hepatic Tumors: Relaxometry and Quantitative Tissue Characterization with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A. Steudel, F. Tr{ber, M. Reiser Liver-Specific Particulate Contrast Agents: An Overview I. Ivancev, A. Lunderquist Contrast Medium Induced Nephropathy:Animal Experiments H.S. Thomsen et al. Rheological Properties of Blood after Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterisation with Iopromide. R. Bach et al. Color Coded Doppler Sonography of the Male Urethra During Voiding: New Observations of Flow in an Aqueous Medium and Their Physical Foundations. P. H}bsch, F. Hager, E. Benes Development of a Model of Arterial Stenosis Analysis Using Digital Subtraction Angiography: A Parametric Study of Image Quality. C. Renaudin, I. Magnin, A. Amiel Arterial Calcifications in Thoracoabdominal Computer Tomography: Frequency and Correlation with Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases. J. G|rich et al.

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Abdominal and Thoracic Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Challenges, Technical Approaches, and First Clinical Applications.- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Skeletal Muscle.- Hepatic Tumors: Relaxometry and Quantitative Tissue Characterization with Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Liver-Specific Particulate Contrast Agents: An Overview.- Contrast Medium Induced Nephropathy: Animal Experiments.- Rheological Properties of Blood after Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization with Iopromide.- Color-Coded Doppler Sonography of the Male Urethra During Voiding: New Observations of Flow in an Aqueous Medium and Their Physical Foundations.- Development of a Model of Arterial Stenosis Analysis Using Digital Subtraction Angiography: A Parametric Study of Image Quality.- Arterial Calcifications in Thoracoabdominal Computer Tomography: Frequency, and Correlation with Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases.- In Vitro Assessment of the DIL and Greenfield Vena Cava Filter System.- Artifacts in MRI: A Proposal for Classification Based upon the Encoding Process.- Noninvasive Thermometry and Reconstruction of Planar Temperature Distribution.