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This issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America focuses on State of the Art Evaluation of the Head and Neck and is edited by Dr. Ashok Srinivasan. Articles will include: Diffusion MR in the head and neck: Principles and applications; Perfusion imaging in the head and neck: Go with the flow; MR spectroscopy of the head and neck: Principles, applications and challenges; Technological improvements in head and neck MR: At the cutting edge; Dual Energy CT in head and neck imaging: Pushing the envelope; Role of Ultrasound in head and neck evaluation; PET imaging in the head and neck: Current state and future directions; Patient centric head and neck cancer radiation therapy: Role of advanced imaging; AI in head and neck imaging: Glimpse into the future; NIRADS: Principles and implementation; Common data elements in head and neck reporting; and more!

This issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America focuses on Psychoradiology, and is edited by Dr. Qiyong Gong. Articles will include: Clinical Strategies and Technical Challenges in Psychoradiology; Resting State Functional MRI for Psychiatry; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Psychiatry; Psychoradiology of Major Depression; Psychoradiological Biomarkers for Psychopharmaceutical Effects; Implementing Imaging into Clinical Routine Screening for Psychosis; Imaging of Autism; Individual-specific Analysis for Psychoradiology; Interventional Psychoradiology: Imaging Guided Therapeutic Intervention of Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Imaging-based Subtyping for Psychiatric Syndromes; Imaging of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Imaging of Schizophrenia; and more!

In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, Guest Editor Stephen Connor brings considerable expertise to the topic of skull base neuroimaging. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as imaging of acute and chronic skull base infection, trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain, jugular paragangliomas and other petrous apex lesions, acquired skull base CSF leaks, and more. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on skull base neuroimaging, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including A guide to open skull base and image guided skull base surgery for the radiologist; Anterior and central skull base tumours; Patterns of perineural skull base tumour extension from extracranial tumours; New and advanced MRI diagnostic imaging techniques in the evaluation of cranial nerves and the skull base; and more.

In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, guest editor Dr. William T. O'Brien, Sr., brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Head and Neck Imaging. The differential diagnosis of neck masses in pediatric patients differs compared to masses that arise in adults. In this issue, top experts in the field discuss imaging of hearing loss, sinus infections, neck masses, and congenital lesions, and more. Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including conductive hearing loss in children; congenital cystic neck masses; common solid and vascular neck masses in children; pediatric facial and paranasal sinus infections; infectious and inflammatory processes of the orbits in children; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on pediatric head and neck imaging, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

This issue reviews the state of the art in imaging head and neck cancer. Articles cover topics on Rationale for Staging by Imaging; Oral Cavity Cancer; Oropharynx; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Pitfalls in Staging Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx; Larynx; Major Salivary Glands; Thyroid Cancer; Lymph Nodes; Image-Guided Tissue Sampling; and Surgical Perspective.

This issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America focuses on Dual Energy CT: Applications in Neurologic, Head and Neck Imaging, and is edited by Drs. Reza Forghani and Hillary R. Kelly. Articles will include: Dual Energy CT: Physical Principles and Approaches to Scanning, Part 1; Dual Energy CT: Physical Principles and Approaches to Scanning, Part 2; Dual Energy CT Applications for Differentiation of Intracranial Hemorrhage, Calcium, and Iodine; Dual Energy CT Angiography of the Head and Neck and Related Applications; Miscellaneous and Emerging Applications of Dual Energy CT for the Evaluation of Intracranial Pathology; Applications of Dual Energy CT for the Evaluation of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Dual Energy CT Applications for the Evaluation of Cervical Lymphadenopathy; Miscellaneous and Emerging Applications of Dual Energy CT for the Evaluation of Pathologies in the Head and Neck; Dual Energy CT Applications for the Evaluation of the Spine; Applications of Dual Energy CT for Artifact Reduction in the Head, Neck, and Spine; Advanced Tissue Characterization and Texture Analysis using Dual Energy CT: Horizons and Emerging Applications; and more!

In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, guest editor Dr. Tarik F. Massoud brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Neuroimaging Anatomy, Part 2: Head, Neck, and Spine. Anatomical knowledge is critical to reducing both overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis in neuroimaging. This issue is part two of a two-part series on neuroimaging anatomy that focuses on the head, neck, and spine. Each article addresses a specific area such as the orbits, sinonasal cavity, temporal bone, pharynx, larynx, and spinal cord. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including anatomy of the orbits; maxillofacial skeleton and facial anatomy; temporal bone anatomy; craniocervical junction and cervical spine anatomy; anatomy of the spinal cord, coverings, and nerves; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on neuroimaging anatomy of the head, neck, and spine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

This Neuroimaging publication presents information in three distinct sections: Diagnostics, Planning/Imaging, and Therapeutics. Topics include State of the Art Pathology (New tools, New WHO classification/implications); Applications of nanotechnology in the imaging and therapy of brain tumors; Molecular Tools (Biology, Prognosis and Therapeutic Triage in Gliomas); Surgical planning and intra-operative MR in brain tumor surgery; Imaging of brain tumors via DTI and fMRI; Imaging of brain tumors via MR Spectroscopy and Metabolic Imaging; Imaging of brain tumors: Perfusion Permeability; Novel Gadolinium liposomal contrast agents; Current status and future potential of MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery; Update on surgically based clinical trials in brain tumors including new neurosurgical techniques; Novel medical therapeutics in brain tumors, including targeted molecular therapies, current and future clinical trials; and Radiation oncology in brain tumors, current approaches and clinical trials in progress.