Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Brain

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XX

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2. Basics of Diffusion Measurements by MRI

   • J. Zhong

   Pages 1-5

3. Diffusion-Weighted and Tensor Imaging of the Normal Brain

   Pages 7-22

4. Pitfalls and Artifacts of DW Imaging

   • A. Hiwatashi, J. Zhong

   Pages 23-35

5. Brain Edema

   Pages 37-54

6. Infarction

   • Y. Ohgiya, R. de Guzman

   Pages 55-74

7. Intracranial Hemorrhage

   • A. Hiwatashi

   Pages 75-92

8. Vasculopathy and Vasculitis

   Pages 93-120

9. Epilepsy

   Pages 121-139

10. Demyelinating and Degenerative Disease

    Pages 141-166

11. Toxic and Metabolic Disease

    Pages 167-191

12. Infectious Diseases

    Pages 193-223

13. Trauma

    Pages 225-238

14. Brain Neoplasms

    Pages 239-296

15. Pediatrics

    Pages 297-340

16. Scalp and Skull Lesions

    • Jack Kademian

    Pages 341-370

17. How to Use This Book

    • A. Hiwatashi

    Pages 371-395

18. Back Matter

    Pages 397-401

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Few advances in MR imaging have had the impact degenerative neurologic disorders, white matter d- that dif usion-weighted (DW) imaging has had in the eases, toxic/metabolic disorders, and tumors. As one evaluation of brain. From the time of the early de- can easily see from the table of contents, the authors scriptions by LeBihan and colleagues of the ability have systematically covered all major areas of neu- to image and measure the micromovement of water radiology. T is will allow cross-referencing to pr- molecules in the brain to the present time, dif usion lematic cases which one may encounter. Additionally, imaging and its derivatives have made an impact in knowledge of what represents a normal adult brain the evaluation of multiple disease processes, primar- and a normal developing brain along with an exp- ily in ischemia, but also in other conditions of the nation of artifacts seen in DW imaging makes this a brain. In most medical centers dif usion imaging is valuable book. It is noteworthy that the authors have no longer considered a sequence to be used in spe- chosen to abundantly illustrate the clinical material, cial circumstances, but rather it is employed as part drawing on pathologic correlations in a number of of routine MR imaging of the brain. Because the in- areas.

• Alzheimer
• MR imaging
• brain imaging
• brain tumor
• central nervous system imaging
• classification
• diffusion weighted imaging
• radiology
• stroke
• Diagnostic Radiology

From the reviews of the second edition:

“In an expanded second edition of their clinically important book Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Brain, Drs. Moritani, Ekholm, and Westesson, along with other contributors, have presented the radiologist with a highly readable and well-illustrated book. … for anyone reading through this book, the applicability of DWI and its derivatives to a wide range of abnormalities becomes apparent. … this book can be confidently recommended to all neuroradiologists, either as part of their personal library or as part of a departmental library.” (American Journal of Neuroradiology, September, 2009)

• Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA

  Toshio Moritani

• Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Department of Radiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, USA

  Sven Ekholm

• Department of Radiology and Professor of Clinical Dentistry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, USA

  Per-Lennart Westesson

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