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Spinal Cord Herniation 10,146 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 7,715 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? 6,341 views
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Cervical Spine Nomenclature 5,060 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...
Brachial Plexus MRI Protocol 4,646 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...
Intracranial Hypotension: Advice on Best Treatment 4,485 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 4,180 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 ...
Aunt Mickey (They Look the Same until You Undress Them). Internal Capsule Infarct or Something Else? 3,892 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...
Liver Hemangiomas and Vascular Lesions of the Brain 3,871 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?
More on DWI of Head and Neck Lesions 3,870 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...
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke: Medical, Imaging, Surgical, and Interventional Approaches
Bendok BR, Naidech AM, Walker MT, et al. Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke: Medical, Imaging, Surgical, and Interventional Approaches. Thieme 2011, 584 pages, 542 illustrations, $199.99.
Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke is a multidisciplinary, 584-page hardcover textbook which discusses the medical, radiological, surgical, and image-guided interventional aspects of this topic. It is co-edited by 2 neurosurgeons (Drs. Bendok and Batjer), a neurologist (Dr. Naidech), and a neuroradiologist (Dr. Walker). The imaging input into this text is substantial, and radiology abounds throughout the book, even in areas where imaging is not the primary topic of the section. A significant portion of the … Continue reading >>
Fighting For Our Health
Kirsch R. Fighting For Our Health. The Rockefeller Institute Press 2012, 416 pages, $19.95.
Fighting For Our Health provides a left-sided perspective on the processes and powers that led to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March of 2010. The author is neither an academic nor a health care provider. He has spent much of his recent career working with an advocacy organization called Health Care for America Now that is headquartered on K street in Washington, D.C., backed by a coalition which includes grass roots support, powerful unions, and wealthy backers.
The … Continue reading >>
fMRI Basics and Clinical Applications
Ulmer S, Jansen O, eds. fMRI Basics and Clinical Applications. Springer 2010, 175 pages, 70 illustrations, $149.00.
With the ever-increasing availability of high-field strength MRI scanners, the demand for clinical functional MRI studies is outstripping the supply of formally trained individuals to fill this need. fMRI: Basics and Clinical Applications seeks to address this critical need by providing the interested novice with the tools necessary to develop such a program.
The 181-page book is organized into two large sections that first review the basics of fMRI and then discuss various clinical applications. The contributing authors are internationally distinguished … Continue reading >>
Principles of Posterior Fossa Surgery
Nanda A. Principles of Posterior Fossa Surgery. Thieme 2011, 272 pages, 308 illustrations, $139.99.
It was a pleasure to review this book, which is very comprehensive in its coverage on the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of diseases of the posterior fossa. This book has described extensively and accurately the anatomical aspects of posterior fossa through skull base and intraoperative images, with apt correlation to the radiological imaging. This correlation enables the reader to understand and remember better the normal anatomy of posterior fossa.
Further, the author has covered all the important and commonly encountered topics of posterior fossa: trauma, … Continue reading >>
Essentials of Pain Management
Vadivelu N, Urman R, Hines R, eds. Essentials of Pain Management. Springer 2011, 834 pages, 114 illustrations, $99.00.
Essentials of Pain Management by Drs. Nalini Vadivelu, Richard D. Urman, and Roberta L. Hines is a 834-page detailed text on this subject. The authors are anesthesiologists dealing with the management of the commonest of all symptoms that practitioners deal with on a day-to-day basis. The book is divided into nine parts covering all aspects of a pain management. The book covers the subject broadly and chapters touch on alternative forms of treatment such as acupuncture as well as the … Continue reading >>
Books Received, January 2012
Epilepsy: Animal and Human Correlatio
David McCandless
Springer 2012, 532 pages, 60 illustrations, $239.00
From Neurology to Methodology and Back: An Introduction to Clinical Neuroengineering
Natasha Maurits
Springer 2012, 285 pages, 131 Illustrations, $79.95
Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury, Volume 2
M.A. Hayat
Springer 2012, 385 pages, 65 illustrations, $209.00
The Neurosurgical Instrument Guide
Christopher S. Eddleman
Thieme 2011, 534 pages, 240 illustrations, $64.99
Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes
Jennifer Niskala Apps And Kevin D. Walter (Editors)
Springer 2012, 212 pages, 5 illustrations, $59.95
Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience: Theory, … Continue reading >>
Differential Diagnosis in Computed Tomography
Burgener FA, Herzog C, Meyers SP, et al. Differential Diagnosis in Computed Tomography. 2nd Ed. Thieme 2012, 868 pages, 2146 illustrations, $219.00.
The second edition of Differential Diagnosis in Computed Tomography, written by Drs. Burgener, Herzog, Meyers, Zaunbauer, is an 854-page hardcover text which covers the field of CT imaging. Included are six separate sections: Intracranial Lesions, Head and Neck, Spine, MSK, Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis. Considering the parts of the book concerned with neurology (which includes a short segment on spine fractures in the MSK section), neuroradiology consumes well over half of this book (480 pages).
In the … Continue reading >>
Imaging for Otolaryngologists
Dunnebier EA. Imaging for Otolaryngologists. Thieme 2011, 346 pages, $59.99.
Written by an ENT surgeon (Dr. Dunnebier) with collaboration from 2 radiologists (Drs. Beek and Pameijer), this easily portable 346-page softcover book is intended for ENT surgeons who wish to have an atlas-type demonstration of major imaging abnormalities of the head and neck. The chapters are: “Radiographic Imaging Techniques,” “Temporal Bone,” Skull Base,” “Paranasal Sinuses and Nasal Cavity,” and “The Neck.”
This is clearly intended for practicing ENT surgeons, and it succeeds in that regard. From a radiologist’s standpoint, the images and the parts worth looking at are those which … Continue reading >>
Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Neuroimaging Tropical Disease
Mukherji SK, consulting ed. Gupta RK, guest ed. Neuroimaging Tropical Disease. Elsevier; November 2011. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America; vol. 21, no. 4, pgs. 737-988, $314 for a 12-month subscription.
The latest issue of the Neuroimaging Clinics of North America is entitled Neuroimaging Tropical Disease, and Dr. Rakesh K. Gupta was wisely chosen as the guest editor. Dr. Gupta is widely recognized as a leading authority in neuroradiology, particularly in advanced MR techniques. He has chosen 27 authors to write chapters on 14 subjects, most of which are germane to and specifically deal with tropical disease affecting … Continue reading >>
ENT—Head and Neck Surgery: Essential Procedures
Theissing J, Rettinger G, Werner JA. ENT—Head and Neck Surgery: Essential Procedures. Thieme 2011, 448 pages, 943 illustrations, $169.99.
For those radiologists who specialize or have a keen interest in head and neck imaging, this book, ENT—Head and Neck Surgery: Essential Procedures, may be of interest.
Basically, it describes and illustrates with crisp diagrams all of the major surgical procedures an otolaryngologist would deal with. This has significant implications for neuroradiologists, since we should know how abnormalities are approached, what the different surgical options are, what variations in anatomy affect the approach, and what complications may occur.
While only … Continue reading >>