Dating Neurological Injury:

1. Front Matter

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2. Fundamentals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Structure of the Normal Brain and Its Imaging Appearance

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      Pages 3-41

   3. The General Appearance of Edema and Hemorrhage on CT, MR and US (Including a General Introduction to CT, MR and US Scanning)

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      Pages 43-58

   4. The Basics of Contrast and Its Role in Dating

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      Pages 59-68

   5. How the Imaging Appearance of Edema and Hemorrhage Change Over Time on CT, MR, and US: Dynamic (Acute) Dating

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      Pages 69-88

   6. Patterns of Parenchymal Injury: Pattern (Chronic) Dating

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      Pages 89-100

3. Application to the Medical-Legal Setting

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Principles of Dynamic Dating in the Medical Legal Setting

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      Pages 103-109

   3. Principles of Pattern Dating in the Medical Legal Setting

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      Pages 111-115

   4. Therefore, What Can Be Said Based on the Images, and What Can’t Be Said Based on the Images

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      Pages 117-118

   5. The Root Causes of Uncertainty in Dating Neurologic Events Based on Imaging Findings

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      Pages 119-121

4. Back Matter

   Pages 123-126

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Dating Neurological Injury: A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys presents a unique way to approach the dating of neurological injury as imaged by modern computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound (US). Chapters are presented in a logical progression beginning with the general appearance of normal brain and progressing to the way abnormalities manifest themselves. The emphasis in these discussions is on the appearance of edema and of hemorrhage, as these two findings are the brain’s most common response to injury. This volume presents in a systematic fashion the principles involved in the interpretation of images of the central nervous system specifically in a medical-legal setting where concern exists about the occurrence and timing of an injury. Dating Neurological Injury: A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys is a welcome addition to institutional, medical, and legal libraries, and to the personal libraries of malpractice defense and plaintiff lawyers and physicians in the neurosciences (neurosurgery, neurology, neuropathology, and neuroradiology) involved in medical-legal issues.

• Brain Edema
• Brain Hemmorhage
• Brain Imaging
• CT
• MRI
• Parenchymal Injury
• Spinal Cord Imaging
• Ultrasound
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Radiaton Oncology

From the reviews:

“This monograph discusses and describes via MR and CT Scanning the timing and duration of grey matter atrophy, white matter degeneration, cerebral infarction, brain edema, and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, all occurring during strokes of different etiologies. This is a good book with very well done imaging examples and illustrations. It is well suited for all doctors.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, February, 2014)

• Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

  Jeff L. Creasy

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