Neuroimaging, Part I - Vol.1

Neuroimaging, Part One, a text from The Handbook of Clinical Neurology illustrates how neuroimaging is rapidly expanding its reach and applications in clinical neurology. It is an ideal resource for anyone interested in the study of the nervous system, and is useful to both beginners in various related fields and to specialists who want to update or refresh their knowledge base on neuroimaging.

This first volume specifically covers a description of imaging techniques used in the adult brain, aiming to bring a comprehensive view of the field of neuroimaging to a varying audience. It brings broad coverage of the topic using many color images to illustrate key points.

Contributions from leading global experts are collated, providing the broadest view of neuroimaging as it currently stands. For a number of neurological disorders, imaging is not only critical for diagnosis, but also for monitoring the effect of therapies, and the entire field is moving from curi ng diseases to preventing them. Most of the information contained in this volume reflects the newness of this approach, pointing to this new horizon in the study of neurological disorders.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Section I Neuroimaging Methods
1. Computed Tomography Imaging and Angiography: Principles
2. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles
3. Volumetric and Fiber-tracing MRI Methods for Gray and White Matter
4. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
5. Clinical magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the central nervous system
6. Brain perfusion: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance techniques
7. Magnetic resonance angiography: physical principles and applications
8. Diagnostic angiography of the cerebrospinal vasculature
9. Neurosonology and Noninvasive Imaging of the Carotid Arteries
10. Myelography: modern technique and indications
11. Positron Emission Tomography
12. Positron Emission Tomography: Ligand Imaging
13. Single photon emission tomography

Section II Brain Diseases
14. Intra-axial Brain Tumors
15. Extra-axial Brain Tumors
16. Imaging acute ischemic stroke
17. Other Cerebrovascular Occlusive Disease 18. Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular Disease
19. Infection
20. Multiple Sclerosis
21. Other non-infectious Inflammatory Disorders
22. Imaging neuro-trauma
23. Cerebellar disorders: clinical/radiological findings and modern imaging tools
24. Imaging of genetic and degenerative disorders primarily causing Parkinsonism
25. Genetic and degenerative disorders primarily causing other movement disorders
26. Genetic and Degenerative Disorders Primarily Causing Dementia
27. Neurocutaneous syndromes
28. Cerebrospinal fluid flow in adults
29. Metabolic and endocrine disorders
30. Skull-base Lesions
31. Imaging of orbital disorders