Overview
- Provides a comprehensive review of the use of MR imaging in diseases that affect the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
- Considers the strengths and weaknesses of diverse MR imaging techniques in multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
- Includes sections on immune-mediated disorders and white matter disorders related to aging and other conditions
- Defines important areas for future research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)
Part of the book sub series: Diagnostic Imaging (Med Radiol Diagn Imaging)
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Front Matter
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MR Techniques: Principles
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About this book
In recent decades, the use of neuroimaging techniques has resulted in outstanding progress in the diagnosis and management of neurological diseases, and this is particularly true of those diseases that affect the white matter of the brain and spinal cord. This book, written by internationally acclaimed experts, comprises a series of comprehensive and up-to-date reviews on the use of MR imaging in these major neurological conditions. The diverse available MR techniques, such as magnetization transfer MRI, diffusion-weighted MRI, MR spectroscopy, functional MRI, cell-specific MRI, perfusion MRI, and microscopic imaging with ultra-high field MRI, offer an extraordinarily powerful means of gaining fundamental in vivo insights into disease processes. The strengths and weaknesses of all these techniques in the study of multiple sclerosis and other relevant diseases are extensively considered. After an introductory section on neuroimaging technology, subsequent sections address disorders of myelination, demyelinating diseases, immune-mediated disorders, and white matter disorders related to aging and other conditions. This book provides a valuable summary of the state of the art in the field, and defines important areas for future research.
Reviews
From the reviews of the first edition:
"From the series Medical Radiology – Diagnostic Imaging, the four editors present an updated version on MR imaging in white matter diseases of the brain and spinal cord … . In this form the present book is a state-of-the-art compendium on the application of ... MRI techniques … . the editors should be congratulated on their present book as it provides all the necessary information on MRI imaging of white matter diseases of the brain and spinal cord." (T.J. Vogl, European Radiology, 2006)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: MR Imaging in White Matter Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Editors: Massimo Filippi, Nicola Stefano, Vincent Dousset, Joseph C. McGowan
Series Title: Medical Radiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27644-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40230-5Published: 09 May 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07298-7Published: 18 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-27644-9Published: 29 December 2005
Series ISSN: 0942-5373
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 481
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Neuroradiology, Neurology