Imaging of the Nervous System : Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications

VOLUME I

PART I. Principles of Neurological Imaging

Section I. Principles of Image Formation

1. Imaging Principles and Techniques

2. Impact of CT Advances on Clinical Neuroimaging

Section II. Techniques of Functional Imaging

3. Overview

4. Functional Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single Photon
Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)

5. Mapping Brain Function with MRI

6. Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging

Section III: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

7. MR Spectroscopy in Intracranial Disease

Part II: Cerebrovascular Disease

Section I: Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentations of Ischemic Stroke

8. The Pathophysiology of Cerebral Ischemia

9. Cerebral Ischemia: Etiology, Epidemiology, and Clinical Presentation

10. A Functional Atlas of Brain Vascular Territories

Section II. Imaging the Cerebral Parenchyma in Ischemic Stroke

11. Computed Tomography

12. Magnetic Resonance Imaging

13. Diffusion-Weighted MRI

14. Clinical Sodium MR Imaging of the Brain

Section III. Imaging Cerebral Perfusion

15. Xenon-Enhanced CT: Technique and Clinical Application

16. CT Perfusion

17. SPECT

18. Perfusion MR and the Perfusion/Diffusion Mismatch in Stroke

19. Arterial Spin Label Perfusion MRI

Section IV. Imaging the Cerebral Vasculature in Ischemic Stroke

20. Conventional Cerebral Angiography

21. Computed Tomographic Angiography

22. Physical Principles of Neuro MR Angiography

23. High Resolution MR of Carotid Atherosclerosis

24. Ultrasonic Evaluation of Extracranial Carotid Arteries

25. Transcranial Doppler Sonography

Section V. Therapy of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease

26. Cerebral Neuroprotection

27. Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke

28. Intra-arterial Therapy: Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy

29. The Use of Imaging to Triage Intervention in Acute Ischemic Stroke

30. Angioplasty and Stents

Section VI. Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentations of Hemorrhagic Stroke

31. The Pathophysiology of Hemorrhagic Lesions

32. Spontaneous Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Epidemiology,
Etiology, and Clinical Presentation

Section VII. Imaging Intracranial Hemorrhage and Its Etiologies

33. Imaging of Intracranial Blood

34. Hemorrhagic Stroke Due to Hypertension and Arteritides

35. Imaging of Cerebral Aneurysms

36. Endovascular Therapy of Aneurysms

37. Imaging and Endovascular Therapy of Intracranial Arteriovenous Fistulae

38. Endovascular Therapy of Arteriovenous Malformations and Fistulae

Section VIII. Venous Occlusive Disease

39. Imaging and Endovascular Therapy of Cerebral Venous and Dural Sinus
Thrombosis

VOLUME II

Part III: Cerebral Nonvascular Disease

Section I. Neoplastic Disease

40. Primary Intra-axial Tumors

41. Primary Extra-axial Tumors

42. Metastatic Brain Tumors

Section II: Head Trauma

43. Imaging of Head Trauma

Section III: Infectious, Inflammatory, and Demyelinating Diseases

44. Imaging of Intracranial Infections in the Immunocompetent Host

45. Imaging of Intracranial Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

46. Imaging of Demyelinating Diseases

Section IV. Orbital Diseases

47. Orbital Inflammation and Trauma

48. Orbital Masses and Differential Diagnosis

Section V. Neuroendocrine Disease

49. Imaging the Pituitary Gland and Hypothalamus

Section VI. Hydrology

50. Hydrocephalus and Intracranial CSF Flow

51: MR Techniques in the Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow and Spinal Cord
Motion in Neurological Disorders

Section VII. Degenerative, Metabolic, and Neurobehavioral Diseases

52. Neurodegenerative Disorders of the Brain

53. Imaging the