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Imaging Brain Diseases

A Neuroradiology, Nuclear Medicine, Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Molecular Biology-based Approach

  • Systematic presentation of brain diseases
  • Discusses clinical-neuroimaging-neuropathological correlations
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of radiology and nuclear medicine imaging modalities

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Table of contents (84 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lii
  2. The Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Imaging Modalities: Neuroradiology

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 3-28
    3. Imaging Modalities: Nuclear Medicine

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 29-56
    4. Imaging Modalities: Neuropathology

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 57-118
  3. The Normal Human Brain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Subdivisions of the Nervous System

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 121-127
    3. Gross Anatomy of the Nervous System

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 129-168
    4. Ventricular System: Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)—Barriers

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 169-178
    5. Meninges

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 179-189
    6. Arterial Supply of the Brain

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 191-209
    7. Venous Drainage of the Brain

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 211-224
    8. Histological Constituents of the Nervous System

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 225-265
    9. Microscopical Buildup of the Nervous System

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 267-324
    10. Functional Systems

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 325-367
    11. Neurotransmitter Systems

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 369-399
    12. Localization of Brain Function

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 401-423
  4. The Brain Diseases: Edema and Hydrocephalus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 425-425
    2. Brain Edema: Intracranial Pressure—Herniation

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 427-442
    3. Hydrocephalus

      • Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser et al.
      Pages 443-452

About this book

This book illustrates in a unique way the most common diseases affecting the human nervous system using different imaging modalities derived from radiology, nuclear medicine, and neuropathology. The features of the diseases are visualized on computerized tomography (CT)-scans, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-scans, nuclear medicine scans, surgical intraoperative as well as gross-anatomy and histology preparations. For each disease entity, the structural changes are illustrated in a correlative comparative way based on the various imaging techniques. The brain diseases are presented in a systematic way allowing the reader to easily find the topics in which she or he is particularly interested. In Part 1 of the book, the imaging techniques are described in a practical, straightforward way. The morphological built-up of the normal human brain and its vascular supply are presented in Part 2. The chapters of the subsequent Parts 3 to 10 deal with the following diseases involving the nervous system including: hemodynamic, vascular, infectious, neurodegenerative, demyelination, epilepsy, trauma and intoxication, and tumors.

The authors incite the clinician to see the cell, the tissue, the organ, the disorder by enabling him to recognize brain lesions or interpreting histologic findings and to correlate this knowledge with molecular biologic concepts. Thus, this book bridges the gap between neuro-clinicians, neuro-imagers and neuro-pathologists. The information provided will facilitate the understanding of the disease processes in the daily routine work of neurologists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, neuropathologists, and all allied clinical disciplines.

Reviews

“This hugely comprehensive tome … attempts and largely achieves the ambitious aim of covering not only the radiological findings of brain diseases, but also their macro and micro histopathological findings, intraoperative appearances at neurosurgery and the molecular basis of some of these conditions. … this is a thorough overview of CNS conditions affecting the brain. … it would make a useful reference text for a department’s library, and for those wishing to rediscover any lost affection for histopathology slides.” (Mark Igra, RAD Magazine, April, 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Neuropathology, Neuromed Campus, Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Serge Weis

  • Department of Neuroradiology, Neuromed Campus, Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Michael Sonnberger, Eva Voglmayr, Raimund Kleiser

  • Department of Neuro-Nuclear Medicine, Neuromed Campus, Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Andreas Dunzinger

  • Department of Neurosurgery, Neuromed Campus, Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Martin Aichholzer

  • PMU University Institute for Medical & Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Salzburg, Austria

    Peter Strasser

About the authors

Prof. Dr. Serge Weis is the head of the Division of Neuropathology at the Neuromed Campus of the Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He is a native of Luxembourg, studied medicine at the University of Vienna (Austria). He was trained in neuropathology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. He was deputy director at the Department of Neuropathology, Otto-von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany) and director of Neuropathology at the Stanley Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA. His scientific interests are focused on brain tumors, neurodegeneration and biological psychiatry. He edited the largest book in German-speaking countries on Alzheimer disease and wrote a book, published in 1993, on 3D reconstruction of the brain.

Dr. Michael Sonnberger is a senior consultant in neuroradiology at the Department of Neuroradiology of the Neuromed Campus of the Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and was trained in radiology/neuroradiology at the University of Regensburg (Germany) and at the State Neuropsychiatric Hospital Wagner-Jauregg, Linz, Austria. His fields of expertise are interventional neuroradiology and stroke.

Dr. Andreas Dunzinger is a senior consultant in nuclear medicine at the Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Neuromed Campus of the Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna (Austria). He was trained as a general physician at the Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Linz, Austria, and in nuclear medicine at the Medical University of Graz and at the State Neuropsychiatric Hospital Wagner-Jauregg, Linz, Austria. His field of expertise is neuro nuclear medicine and neuroendocrinology.

Dr. Eva Voglmayr is a trainee in radiology and neuroradiology at the Department of Neuroradiology of the Neuromed Campus of theKepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. She studied medicine at the University Vienna. Her field of interest is neurodegeneration.

Dr. Martin Aichholzer is deputy head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Neuromed Campus of the Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and was trained at the Department of Neurosurgery of the Medical University Vienna (Austria). His field of expertise is skull base surgery.

Dr. Raimund Kleiser is a medical physicist and is the head of the imaging center at the Institute of Neuroradiology at the Kepler University Hospital in Linz. He studied physics in Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and supplemented his training with the specialization in medical physics. His focus is on functional imaging, for which he established fMRT measuring equipment in prestigious institutions in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Dr. Peter Strasseris molecular biologist at the PMU University Institute for Medical & Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics of the Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg, Austria. He studied general biology at the University of Salzburg and specialized in biochemistry and molecular genetics. Dr. Strasser’s current focus of interest lies in the genetic background of neurological diseases.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Imaging Brain Diseases

  • Book Subtitle: A Neuroradiology, Nuclear Medicine, Neurosurgery, Neuropathology and Molecular Biology-based Approach

  • Authors: Serge Weis, Michael Sonnberger, Andreas Dunzinger, Eva Voglmayr, Martin Aichholzer, Raimund Kleiser, Peter Strasser

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1544-2

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1543-5Published: 28 May 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1544-2Published: 12 December 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LII, 2284

  • Number of Illustrations: 168 b/w illustrations, 725 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neuroradiology, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Neurosurgery

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eBook USD 259.00
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