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Spinal Cord Herniation • 10,723 views
This is a case for Prof. Dr. Dillon. It is in press by our neurosurgeons and us, for the use of Duragen. Idiopathic herniation of the thoracic spinal cord: a case report and technique note. U...
Neuro Protocols • 8,067 views
Alisa Gean is doing a great job getting a group together to share and collaborate neuro protocols. This would be a great place from members to share protocols, and open a discussion about the best ima...
Possible SIH with Spinal Subdural Hygroma, What Next? • 6,657 views
[caption id="attachment_602" align="aligncenter" width="407" caption="Sag T1. Tonsils are not particularly low and no sagging of the base of the brain."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_603" alig...
Brachial Plexus MRI Protocol • 5,347 views
BP MRI Protocol Fall is upon us and so is the lecturing season! Like years before, this Fall I will be giving my brachial plexus lecture several times and the most commonly asked question by the au...
Cervical Spine Nomenclature • 5,217 views
The ASNR/ASSR nomenclature document was specific for the lumbar spine. I would be interested in your opinion on the correct terminology for cervical spondylosis: what terms and why. Specifically, t...
Intracranial Hypotension: Advice on Best Treatment • 5,039 views
Middle age female patient diagnosed with Spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Has multiple (approx 23) perineural cysts. Has undergone several blood patches and artificial CSF infusions without rel...
Embolization of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations for Cure • 4,239 views
The editorial comment in the AJNR of Jan 09 by Jayaraman and Cloft is worthy of careful scrutiny, I believe. Although in my personal experience with Onyx and NBCA, final cure rates of brain AVMs from ...
Liver Hemangiomas and Vascular Lesions of the Brain • 4,212 views
[gallery] I have a patient with 15 large liver hemangiomas and two partly calcified lesions in brain. Does anyone know of associated liver hemangiomas and vascular lesions in the brain?
Aunt Mickey (They Look the Same until You Undress Them). Internal Capsule Infarct or Something Else? • 4,144 views
This 30 year old hypertensive female smoker presented with acute onset of right hemiparesis. Her history also included OCP use and dyslipidemia. MRI demonstrated an acute infarct in the posterior limb...
More on DWI of Head and Neck Lesions • 3,979 views
Yesterday I wrote a short comment in the utility of DWI in the evaluation of head and neck lesions. While reading cases in the afternoon I came across a new patient with a retinoblastoma. This pa...
Monthly Archives: June 2010
American Nuclear Society (ANS) Annual Meeting
For Immediate Release
June 2, 2010
CONTACT:
Laura Scheele
(708) 579-8224
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EXPERTS WORLD-WIDE PLAN FOR AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
More than 1,000 Plan to Visit San Diego June 13-17 to Discuss the Latest Advances in Nuclear Science
La Grange Park IL – June 2, 2010 – More than a thousand nuclear science and technology professionals from around the world are making plans for the American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting to be held June 13-17 in San Diego, ANS Executive Director John (Jack) M. Tuohy, Jr., P.E. announced today. The conference, “Nuclear Science and … Continue reading >>
Annotated Bibliography #8
1. Suk I, Tamargo RJ. Concealed Neuroanatomy in Michelangelo’s Separation of Light From Darkness in the Sistine Chapel. Neurosurgery 66:851-861, 2010. First of all, you need to see this as a pdf or printed as color. Black and white will not do. I’m not sure I buy the optic nerve thing at the end of the paper, but I am totally convinced about the brainstem/throat connection (read the paper and that sentence will make sense).
2. Columbano L et al. Anatomic Study of the Quadrigeminal Cistern in Patients With 3-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Cisternography. Neurosurgery 66:991-998, 2010. Seems like … Continue reading >>
Educational Presentation: Atypical Features in PRES
Atypical PRES (PPT)
Here is another presentation that I hope our readers and visitors will find useful and enjoy. We presented this as an “exhibit” at the past meeting of ASNR. The presentation deals with atypical MRI findings in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.… Continue reading >>
Introduction to the Science of Medical Imaging
Nick Bryan R, ed. Introduction to the Science of Medical Imaging. Cambridge Medicine 2009, 334 pages, 159 illustrations, $125.00.
With the plethora of books available on various aspects of the physics of diagnostic imaging and the instrumentation involved in radiology, it is refreshing to have a book available that deals not only with the basic science of medical imaging but also with the cognition involved in visualizing images. This soft cover, 334-page book Introduction to the Science of Medical Imaging edited by R. Nick Bryan (with 23 contributors) brings to the fore all aspects of medical imaging and does … Continue reading >>
Radiosurgery, Vol. 7
McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Huang K, Ma L, Jensen RL, Paddick I, eds. Radiosurgery, Vol. 7. KAGER 2010, pages 422, 151 illustrations $292.00.
This seventh volume of Radiosurgery presents selected and edited papers presented at the 2007 Congress of the International Stereotactic Radiation Society held in San Francisco, California. This Congress included presentations from all areas of radiosurgery and from all body sites, not just brain.
The volume is broken up into several sections, each dealing with one general area. The initial section examines questions in the physics, imaging, and radiobiology of stereotactic treatment and consists of 11 papers. The … Continue reading >>