Description
Problem Solving in Neuroradiology, by Meng Law, MD, Peter M. Som, MD and Thomas P. Naidich, MD, is your survival guide to solving diagnostic challenges that are particularly problematic in neuroimaging. With a concise, practical, and instructional approach, it helps you apply basic principles of problem solving to imaging of the head and interventional neck, brain, and spine. Inside, you'll find expert guidance on how to accurately read what you see, and how to perform critical techniques including biopsy, percutaneous drainage, and tumor ablation. User-friendly features, such as tables and boxes, tips, pitfalls, and rules of thumb, place today's best practices at your fingertips, including protocols for optimizing the most state-of-the-art imaging modalities. A full-color design, including more than 700 high-quality images, highlights critical elements to enhance your understanding. Apply expert tricks of the trade and protocols for optimizing the most state-of-the-art imaging modalities and their clinical applications used for the brain and spine-with general indications for use and special situations. Make the most efficient use of modern imaging modalities including multidetector CT, PET, advanced MR imaging/MR spectroscopy (MRS), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and perfusion weighted imaging (PWI). Successfully perform difficult interventional techniques such as biopsies of the spine and interventional angiography-key techniques for mor
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Chapter 1 - Multidetector Computed Tomography as a Problem-Solving Tool in Neuroradiology
Mdct In The Emergency Department
Mdct In Management Of Acute Stroke
Mdct In Neoplastic Conditions
Mdct In Evaluation Of Spine
Ct In Head And Neck Imaging
Mdct For Cervical Masses And Infections
Mdct: State Of The Art And Future Trends
Chapter 2 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Problem-Solving Tool
Normal Appearance of Images with MRI
Specific Uses for the Technique
Systems for Analyzing Images Using MRI
Pitfalls and Limitations of MRI
Current Research and Future Direction
Chapter 3 - Advanced MR (MR Spectroscopy, Diffusion Imaging, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and Perfusion Imaging): A Multiparametric Algorithmic...
Problem Solving In Brain Tumors
Cns Infections: Bacterial And Tuberculous Infections
Other Inflammatory Mimics/Encephalitis/Encephalopathy
Pitfall Cases With Advanced Imaging
Problem Solving In Neurodegenerative Diseases
Problem Solving In White Matter, Metabolic Diseases, And Developmental Diseases
Chapter 4 - PET/CT Imaging in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancers
II. What are the Anatomic Subsites to Evaluate in Laryngeal Cancers?
Does FDG PET/CT Have a Primary Role in Evaluation of Regional Lymph Node Metastases?
Is FDG PET Useful in Evaluation of Bone Invasion?
Does FDG PET/CT Have a Primary Role in Evaluation of Distant Metastases?
What are the Common Sites for Synchronous Malignancies?
Does FDG PET Change Management at Initial Staging?
Does FDG PET Have a Role in Identifying Primary Disease in Patients with Carcinoma of Unknown Primary?
Is There a Role for FDG PET/CT in Assessment of Treatment Response?
Does FDG PET/CT Have a Primary Role in Detection of Recurrent HNSCC During Follow-Up After Therapy?
Does FDG PET/CT Have a Role in Surveillance of HNSCC After Therapy?
What are the Pitfalls in Evaluation of HNSCC?
How do the Cervical Lymph Nodes Cause False-Positive Readings?
What Benign Tumors can Cause Avid FDG Uptake?
Chapter 5 - Diagnostic Angiography
Complications And Risk Factors
Evaluation Of Cranial Vasculature On Angiographic Views
Carotid Disease, Intracranial Arterial Stenosis, and Trauma
Chapter 6 - Neurointerventional Radiology
Brief Historical Background
Extracranial Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease
Central Nervous System Arteriovenous Lesions
Spinal Vascular Malformations
Pediatric Vascular Lesions
Chapter 7 - Spine Procedures: Biopsies
Considering Today’s Wonderful Imaging, Why Would Anyone Need A Biopsy?
What Considerations Should Be Made Prior To Biopsy?
Intradural Biopsies: Isn’t This For Neurosurgeons?
What To Biopsy When There Are Multiple Targets?
What To Do When The Biopsy Is Done?
What Are The Tools Of The Trade?
Results: What Can Be Expected?
SECTION IIIProblem Solving: Disease Categories
Chapter 8 - Neurodegenerative Disorders
Summary Of Characteristic Imaging Features In Ndds
Chapter 9 - Infection/Inflammation
Chapter 10 - Metabolic Disorders
Part I: White Matter Disease
Part II: Cortical Gray Matter Disease
Part III: Deep Gray Matter Disease
Key Questions For Problem Solving In Brain Tumor Imaging
Practical Aspects Of Mri In Brain Tumors
Chapter 12 - Brain Trauma
Subacute Head Imaging: Early Follow-Up And Management
Chronic Imaging: Traumatic Sequelae And Late Complications
Chapter 13 - Imaging of Spine Trauma
Chapter 14 - Imaging of Congenital Brain Abnormalities
Anomalies Of The Corpus Callosum And Telencephalic Commissures
Holoprosencephalies And Related Entities
Malformations Of The Cerebral Cortex
Malformations Of The Cerebellum
Role Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Epilepsy Workup
Locations For Types Of Clinical Presentation: Clues To Location
Common Epileptogenic Lesions
Other Pathologic Processes And Causes Of Epilepsy
Supplementary And Complementary Tests
Chapter 16 - Neuroimaging of Pediatric Hypoxic–Ischemic Injury
Problem Solving: How to Image/Which Imaging?
Fetal and Neonatal Hypoxic–Ischemic Brain Injury
Ischemic Stroke During Infancy and Childhood
Chapter 17 - Intrauterine and Perinatal Infections
Imaging: Why, Who, And How?
Intrauterine And Perinatal Infection
SECTION IV Problem Solving: Anatomic Regions
Chapter 18 - Head and Neck Radiology
Masticator Space, Oral Cavity Including Floor of Mouth, and Pharynx
Chapter 19 - Spine: Tumors and Infection
Problems in Spinal Tumor Imaging
Lesion Detection and Localization Problem Solving: Imaging Modalities
Detection and Localization to Characterization and Differential Diagnosis
Problem Solving With Advanced Imaging: Spectroscopy, Diffusion, Dti, and Tractography
Problem Solving: Common Problems in Spinal Infection Imaging
Problem: Infection Versus Noninfectious/Inflammatory Processes
Chapter 20 - Spine and Lower Back Pain
Postoperative Lumbar Spine
Problem Solving in Neuroradiology
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