Neuroradiology An Issue Of Radiologic Clinics Of North America

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Neuroradiology and is edited by Drs. Jacqueline A. Bello and Shira Slasky. Articles will include: CT Perfusion in Acute Stroke; The Role of DTI and fMRI Prior to Brain Tumor Surgery; Pediatric Primary Neoplasms; Radiomics of Glioma: Genotypes and their Imaging Correlates; MR Spectroscopy and MR Perfusion of Brain Neoplasms; Etiologies of Acute Stroke: A Patterned Approach; Recent Hot Topics: RCVS and PRES, Venous Occlusive Disease; CNS Lesions in Immunocompromised Patients; Imaging Glioblastoma Post-treatment: Progression, Pseudoprogression, Pseudoresponse, Radiation Necrosis; Imaging of Acute Stroke: Current State; Adult Primary Brain Neoplasms: (Including 2016 WHO classification); Large and Small Vessel Vasculopathies; and more!

This issue includes every subject relevant to neuroradiology that one may expect to encounter in a general emergency radiology practice. The most important concepts in emergent brain, spine, head & neck imaging, as well as pediatric nonaccidental trauma are reviewed, and the issue provides an excellent starting point for learning the fundamentals of emergency neuroradiology and can serve as a reference for those wishing to reinforce their current knowledge base.

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on The Spine, and is edited by Dr. Lubdha M. Shah. Articles will include: Pearls and Pitfalls in Spine Imaging; Traumatic Spinal Cord; Vascular Disorders of the Spine; Approach to (acute, subacute, chronic) Myelopathy; Acute Low Back Pain; Spinal Manifestations of Systemic Disease; Intraspinal Tumors; Spinal Osseous Tumors and Oncology; Spinal Marrow Imaging: Clues to Disease; Postoperative Spine: What the Surgeons Wants to Know; Beyond the Spinal Canal; CSF Leak in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Diagnosis and Intervention; and more!

The Consulting Editor of Radiologic Clinics, Frank Miller, presents a comprehensive review of Adult Body MR. Articles will include: body MRI: fast, efficient, and comprehensive; dealing with vascular conundrums with MRI; HCC and other hepatic malignancies: MR imaging; understanding the canvas: diagnosis and problem-solving in diffuse liver disease; gallbladder and biliary (MRCP); MR of kidney and adrenal glands; prostate MR; MR of focal liver masses; MR of pancreas; MR enterography; gadolinium contrast agent selection and optimal use for body MRI; MR angiography and venography of abdomen and pelvis; functional MR imaging; and much more! "I would strongly recommend this book to any radiologist or radiographer with an interest in abdomino-pelvic MRI. It will become a recommended text on the reading list of my Medical Magnetic Resonance Maters Programme." Reviewed by: Paul Bland, Senior Lecture and Postgraduate Diagnostic Radiography Programme Director, City University London, Nov 2014

Editor Hersh Chandarana, MD and authors review Advanced MR Imaging in Clinical Practice. Articles will include: Current Status of Diffusion Weighted Imaging; Current Status of Perfusion Weighted Imaging; Non-gadolinium Enhanced MR Angiography; Pearls and Pitfalls of 3 T imaging; Implementing MR Neurography in Clinical Practice; Imaging around Hardware and Metal; Recent Advances in T1- and T2-Weighted Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis; Recent Advances in Neuro and Spine Imaging; Advances in MR Hardware and Software, and more!

White matter lesions have been always challenging for general as well as neuroradiologits. Any disease process in the brain or body can affect white matter, making it very difficult to pinpoint the diagnosis. However the application of the proper algorithmic approach, pattern of distribution, and study of the morphology of these lesions makes it possible to limit the differential diagnosis and, many times, pinpoint specific diagnosis. Advancement of various imaging techniques predominately in MR (MR spectroscopy, MR perfusion, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). functional MR) along with PET has further improved our understanding of these disease processes. However, most of these techniques are new and not well understood by every physician. This issue will cover the topics necessary to master these techniques.

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Neuroradiology and is edited by Drs. Jacqueline A. Bello and Shira Slasky. Articles will include: CT Perfusion in Acute Stroke; The Role of DTI and fMRI Prior to Brain Tumor Surgery; Pediatric Primary Neoplasms; Radiomics of Glioma: Genotypes and their Imaging Correlates; MR Spectroscopy and MR Perfusion of Brain Neoplasms; Etiologies of Acute Stroke: A Patterned Approach; Recent Hot Topics: RCVS and PRES, Venous Occlusive Disease; CNS Lesions in Immunocompromised Patients; Imaging Glioblastoma Post-treatment: Progression, Pseudoprogression, Pseudoresponse, Radiation Necrosis; Imaging of Acute Stroke: Current State; Adult Primary Brain Neoplasms: (Including 2016 WHO classification); Large and Small Vessel Vasculopathies; and more!

Imaging of the spine is given a thorough update in this issue, beginning with an article on spine segmentation, enumeration and normal variants. Imaging of degenerative disease of the spine is then reviewed, giving consideration to appropriate utilization of imaging, specificity and sensitivity shortcomings in evaluation of degenerative disease, risks and benefits of imaging of degenerative disease, and the prevalence of radicular and xial pain and underlying pain generators. Next, the validity and socioeconomic impact of spine imaging in evaluating “degenerative pain syndromes is reviewed. Pathophysiology and biomechanics of disc and posterior element of degenerative disease is reviewed, along with imaging of radiculopathy / radiculitis, imaging of central canal stenosis, and imaging of discogenic pain (using MRI and discography). Imaging of joint related axial pain, spine neoplasm, spine infection, and non-acute trauma is also covered.