Ebook: Neuroimaging Part I

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 curing 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. KEY FEATURES • Provides a relevant description of the technologies used in neuroimaging, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and several others • Ideal resource for anyone studying the nervous system, from beginners to specialists interested in recent advances in neuroimaging of the adult brain • Discusses the application of imaging techniques to the study of brain and spinal cord disease and its use in various syndromes • Contains vibrant, colorful images to illustrate key points.

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NEUROIMAGING PART I. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY. VOLUME 135 NEUROIMAGING PART I. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY. VOLUME 135 MASDEU, J.C.; GONZALEZ, R.G. Editorial: ELSEVIER UK Año de edición: Junio 2016 Materia Neurología ISBN: 978-0-444-53485-9 Páginas: 544 N. de edición: 1 Disponibilidad: Disponible en 10 días 187,20 € Sinopsis Índice 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 curing 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. KEY FEATURES • Provides a relevant description of the technologies used in neuroimaging, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and several others • Ideal resource for anyone studying the nervous system, from beginners to specialists interested in recent advances in neuroimaging of the adult brain • Discusses the application of imaging techniques to the study of brain and spinal cord disease and its use in various syndromes • Contains vibrant, colorful images to illustrate key points.

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We are proud to present the first volumes dedicated to neuroimaging in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series. Neurologists, not just those in training, may wonder at the kind of medical world that existed before modern imaging. Indeed, the neuroscience community has since its beginning attempted to understand the human mind and brain through imaging. As far back as 1880, the Italian physiologist Angelo Mosso introduced the “human circulation balance,” which could noninvasively measure the redistribution of blood during emotional and intellectual activity. More recently, semi-invasive techniques such as pneumoencephalography (introduced by Dandy in 1918) and arteriography (pioneered by Moniz in 1927) allowed partial visualization of the brain and its surrounding structures. New methods enabling easier, safer, noninvasive, painless, and repeatable imaging have only been developed in the past 50 years or so, starting with computed tomography, some of whose developers won the 1979 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology. The many subsequent developments in neuroimaging are masterfully presented in these two volumes. The volumes deal with a variety of neuroimaging-related topics. They include thorough descriptions of the involved methods and their application to specific diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. Emphasis is given to the most common disorders, such as tumors, strokes, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders, infections, dementia, and trauma, but less common conditions such as neurocutaneous syndromes are also discussed. The important questions of when and where to image, as well as the differential diagnosis of imaging findings, are discussed in the light of specific syndromes. A separate section covers pediatric neuroimaging. The volumes conclude with sections dedicated to interventional neuroimaging as well as to postmortem imaging and neuropathologic correlations.