Six years ago the editors of the Encyclopedia of Medical Radiology
selected two additional editors from the emerging generation of young
radiologists to complete this unique compendium of radiology. Klaus
Ranniger was one of them and he worked with enthusiasm and great energy
at the challenge facing him. His editorial work was excellent and he
succeeded in winning internationally acclaimed scientists to contribute
to this volume. Their chapters have met the requirements and goals we
set out to achieve in every aspect and to the highest degree. The
majority of the authors valued Klaus Ranniger not only as a fellow
scientist and doctor but also as a personal friend. In America, his
adopted country, he found acknowledgement of his personal achievement
and scientific research. He was highly respected and admired among
specialists in the field of radiology. Klaus Ranniger, our coeditor and
friend, died suddenly and unexpectedly before this volume could be
published. We are honored to present this volume as his legacy.
FRIEDRICH HEUCK Vorwort Die Herausgeber des Handbuches der medizinischen
Radiologie nahmen vor sechs Jahren aus der nachfolgenden Generation von
Radiologen zwei Mitarbeiter in ihren Kreis auf, urn dieses im
wissenschaftlichen Schrifttum der Welt einmalige Sammelwerk der
Radiologie aus dem Springer-Verlag zum AbschluB zu bringen. Mit groBer
Tatkraft und echter Begeisterung hat Klaus RANNIGER die ihm gestellten
Aufgaben tibernommen.