1. Publisher’s note

   Announcement Pages: 1 - 1

2. Pulmonary veins: Magnetic resonance angiography anatomy

   • Alessandro Carriero
   • Riccardo Marano
   • Lorenzo Bonomo

   Paper Pages: 2 - 6

3. T2 relaxation time study of iron overload in b-thalassemia

   • S. I. Mavrogeni
   • E. D. Gotsis
   • D. Kremastinos

   Paper Pages: 7 - 12

4. NMR investigation of experimental chemical induced brain tumors in rats, potential of a superparamagnetic contrast agent (MD3) to improve diagnosis

   • V. Rousseaua
   • D. Pouliquen
   • JJ. Le Jeune

   Paper Pages: 13 - 21

5. Imaging birds in a bird cage: in-vivo FSE 3D MRI of bird brain

   • M. Verhoye
   • A. Van der Linden
   • J. Balthazart

   Paper Pages: 22 - 27

6. Diffusion anisotropy measurements in ischaemic stroke of the human brain

   • P. A. Armitage
   • M. E. Bastin
   • J. Cannon

   Paper Pages: 28 - 36

7. Influence of the pharmacokinetic model on the quantification of the Gd-DTPA uptake rate in brain tumours using direct T₁ measurements

   • T. H. Rozijna
   • B. P. J. van der Sanden
   • W. M. M.. J. Bovée

   Paper Pages: 37 - 43

8. Choline metabolism in breast cancer;²H-,¹³C- and³¹P-NMR studies of cells and tumors

   • R. Katz-Brull
   • R. Margalit
   • H. Degani

   Paper Pages: 44 - 52

9. Signal losses in diffusion preparation: Comparison between spin-echo, stimulated echo and SEASON

   • Fritz Schick

   Paper Pages: 53 - 61

10. High-resolution venography of the brain using magnetic resonance imaging

    • Jürgen R. Reichenbach
    • Marco Essig
    • Lothar R. Schad

    Paper Pages: 62 - 69

11. Influence of digital audio filters on image reconstruction in MRI

    • V. Vondra
    • F. Wajer
    • D. van Ormondt

    Paper Pages: 70 - 76

12. Calendar

    Events Pages: 77 - 77

13. Notes for contributors

    Report Pages: 79 - 79