NEURORADIOLOGY and HEAD and NECK IMAGING

Diagnostic Neuroradiology

In this monograph, the authors summarize their findings in complex neuroimaging work (cranio-, spondylo-, myelo- and angiography as well as CT and MR imaging of the brain and spine) during their longstanding experience at the N. Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute in Moscow. The book begins with a review of modern neuroimaging techniques: CT and MR angiography, perfusion and diffusion imaging, tractography, spectroscopy and functional MR imaging.

The problems and various other aspects of diagnosis of intra- and extra-axial brain tumors (more than 30,000 verified cases) as well as of cerebrovascular, infectious, demyelinating, degenerative and traumatic brain and spine lesions are discussed. The volume is well illustrated with angiographic, CT and MR images of complex diagnostic studies. The numerous images represent a "visual text," which can be used as an atlas by practical clinicians.

This book is a comprehensive reference manual for neurologists, neurotraumatologists and radiologists. It may also be of interest to technicians, medical physicists, students and other specialists interested in neurovisualization and diagnostic imaging.

Table of contents :

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII

Neuroradiology: History and New Research Technologies....Pages 1-27

Congenital Malformations of the Brain and Skull....Pages 29-86

Cerebrovascular Diseases and Malformations of the Brain....Pages 87-332

Supratentorial Tumours....Pages 333-488

Pineal Region Tumours....Pages 489-528

Sellar and Parasellar Tumours....Pages 529-616

Infratentorial Tumours....Pages 617-718

Tumours of the Meninges....Pages 719-805

Head Trauma....Pages 807-918

Hydrocephalus....Pages 919-943