Archive for June, 2009

More recent various journal articles which may be of interest: Deep Brain Stimulation, Neuroethics, and the minimally conscious state.  Arch Neurol 2009; 66(6): 697-702.   Case study of one patient who had bilateral thalamic electrodes, [...]

Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine: Advanced Techniques and Controversies. J.J. Yue, R. Bertagnoli, P.C. McAfee, and H.S. An, eds. Saunders Elsevier; 2008, 816 pages, $279.00. Spinal fusion is the standard treatment for back pain [...]

Operative Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery. G.H. Baltuch and J.-G. Villemure. Thieme; 2009, 216 pages, 7 tables, 138 illustrations, $149.95. Surgical treatment of epilepsy has been a treatment option for intractable epilepsy for many years. With [...]

Atlas of Interventional Neurology. A.I. Qureshi and A.L. Georgiadis, eds. demosMEDICAL; 2009, 248 pages, $169.00. As fewer and fewer neuroradiologists become directly in­volved in vascular interventional procedures, familiarity with the many techniques and procedures currently [...]

Neuroimaging in Neurology: An Interactive CD. D.C. Preston and B.E. Shapiro, eds. Saunders Elsevier; 2007, $145.00. Neuroimaging in Neurology: An Interactive CD is a 275-MB CD, designed by Drs Preston and Shapiro (both neurologists) to [...]

Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique. M.R. Harrigan and J.P. Deveikis, eds. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2009, 760 pages, 2 illustrations, $179.00. In this densely informative pocket-sized Handbook of Cere­brovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique, [...]

Diagnostic Neuroradiology. V.N. Kornienko and I.N. Pronin. Springer; 2009, 1288 pages, 7040 illustrations, $279.00. One need go no further than this 1288-page book, Diagnostic Neuroradiology, to realize that high-quality neuroradiology is practiced in major medical [...]

Tumors of the Spine. D.H. Kim, U.-K. Chang, S.-H. Kim, M.H. Bilsky, eds. Saunders Elsevier; 2008, 728 pages, 600 illustrations, $280.00. Tumors of the Spine, a multiauthored (22 authors) 728-page hardcover book edited by 4 [...]

PET and PET/CT: A Clinical Guide, 2nd ed. E.C. Lin and A. Alavi, eds. Thieme; 2009, 312 pages, 21 tables, 505 illustrations, $79.95. In large medical centers, interpretations of positron-emis­sion tomography (PET) studies are usually [...]

Normal Findings in Radiography. T.B. Moeller, ed. Thieme; 2000, 276 pages, 190 radiographs, $44.95. A “bare bones” (no pun intended) 276-page soft-cover pocket book, Normal Findings in Radiography, describes normal radiography of the skull, spine, [...]