Imaging of the Nervous System: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications

Imaging of the Nervous System: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications

By Richard Latchaw, John Kucharczyk, Michael Moseley,

Publisher: Mosby
Number Of Pages: 1720
Publication Date: 2004-12-23
Sales Rank: 1098858
ISBN / ASIN: 0323011837
EAN: 9780323011839
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Mosby
Studio: Mosby
Average Rating: 4

With an emphasis on both diagnostic and therapeutic applications, this multidisciplinary, 2-volume set presents today's state-of-the-art, high-tech developments in neuroradiology. It examines MRI, CT, PET, SPECT, all forms of angiography and the use of perfusion/diffusion and metabolic imaging techniques for both the diagnosis and therapy of the many diseases affecting both the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Review:

A Review by one of the chapter authors

After 4 years of waiting, this large 2 volume neuroimaging text arrived at my door, with my chapter in it. Noting that I have author bias, I would actually rate the book higher than 4 stars, but only gave it a 4 (I am saving 5 for a yet unpublished masterwork in imaging).

So, introductory chapters on imaging methods includes standard MRI and CT physics:
Principles of Image Formation
3 (46)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Principles and Techniques
3 (28)

Impact of Computed Tomography Advances on Clinical Neuroimaging
31 (18)

Techniques of Functional Imaging
49 (76)
Overview of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain: Current Status and Future Challenges
49 (10)

Functional Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
59 (30)

Mapping Brain Function with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
89 (12)

Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging
101 (24)

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
125 (16)
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Intracranial Disease
125 (16)

These are actually pretty well written introductory and more chapters on complex, cutting edge topics. To learn something about functional mri, you could buy an introductory text or the huge brain mapping tomes (tioga et al.) but wouldn't get the full spectrum of neuroimaging. Head and Neck is lumped together in a large pair of chapters, and orbital imaging is separate, and the chapters on neurointervention are quite comprehensive, if not daunting. The only criticism i have so far is the eye strain induced by the anatomy chapter on cerebrovascular territories that tries "too hard" graphically, to include cortical anatomy labels with arterial maps, etc. The information is relatively perfect, but hard to look at.

This is a beautiful reference volume and is written in the typical prose style of multivolume texts; don't expect the short summary style of Osborne's new Amirsys textbook on brain imaging. A nice touch by Dr. LAtchaw et al. was including summary points, differential boxes, and pearls. These boxes nicely punctuate the text and make for easy reading. The editing - from my experience - was superb, ignoring a few minor typographical errors here and there. This book is a nice addition to your library (and no, I don't get a dime for it).

Oh, and since my chapter took a severe editorial shredding many times over 2+ years until I "got it right," I can finally say it came out rather well. Did I mention that many images in the text are incredible? The majority of chapters will delight you with some really beautiful current imaging depictions of pathology.

570 MB

An accompanying CD-ROM provides the images from the text plus bonus images and cases in a convenient electronic format. CD-ROM features all of the images from the 2-volume set and test cases related to each chapter of the text.

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