Provides a unique overview of the field of noninvasive magnetic resonance assessment of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Groundbreaking work in tissue-engineering and regenerative medicine is paving the way for repairing and/or replacing biological tissues and organs. Engineers, scientists, and physicians work together in this field to use biomaterials and cells as the building blocks for new life. One of the newest and most exciting areas of tissue engineering is the incorporation of bio-inspired cues into scaffolds through techniques such as patterning of topographies and adhesive ligands. These cues can influence cellular functions, including differentiation, in new ways that are being discovered every day and are paving the way for cutting-edge clinical breakthroughs in areas such as cardiovascular tissue engineering, bone repair, and organ regeneration.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Tissue Engineering is designed to provide in-depth analysis of advances made in the MRI assessment of tissue-engineering applications during the last decade. The book features:

• Comprehensive details of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques used to assess a variety of engineered and regenerating tissues and organs
• New techniques to assess engineered tissues
• Cell-based therapies and engineered cartilage, bone, musculoskeletal, tendon, ligament, dental, craniofacial, cardiovascular, liver, bladder, and peripheral nerve tissue engineering and regeneration assessed by MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Tissue Engineering contains chapters from leading experts working to develop robust functional engineered tissues and from analytical experts developing new magnetic resonance imaging techniques to assess engineered tissues. This rare interdisciplinary project is developed to bridge a gap in current offerings. Readers from both tissue-engineering and imaging backgrounds will find this interdisciplinary material useful in their research.