Archive for the ‘Books Briefly Noted’ Category

Schober O, Heindel W. PET-CT Hybrid Imaging. Thieme 2010 Stuttgart, New York. 296 pages, 623 illustrations. Nuclear medicine, once considered somewhat removed from the daily practice of Neuroradiology, has entered our lives, particularly (but not [...]

Chaudhuri KR, Ondo WG. Movement Disorders in Clinical Practice. Springer 2010, 100 pages, $39.95. This small 109-page soft cover monograph is mainly intended for clinicians who deal with movement disorders. It covers Parkinson’s Disease (25% [...]

Kahle W, Frotscher M, eds. Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Vol. 3: Nervous System and Sensory Organs. 6th ed. Thieme 2011, 428 pages, 181 illustrations, $44.95. This pocket-sized, soft cover, 428-page color atlas is designed [...]

Blom JD. A Dictionary of Hallucinations. Springer 2010, 553 pages, 100 illustrations, $99.00. Although this clearly is not a neuroradiology textbook, it is nonetheless fascinating. The author of this 500-page hardcover book, Dr. Jan Dirk [...]

Moeller TB, Reif E, eds. Pocket Atlas of Radiographic Anatomy, 3rd Ed. Thieme 2010,400 pages,283 illustrations, $44.95. This Pocket Atlas of 400 pages is a reference for radiology technologists relative to basic anatomic structures on [...]

Benndorf G.  Dural Cavernous Sinus Fistulas: Diagnosis and Endovascular Therapy. Series: Medical Radiology. Subseries: Diagnostic Imaging. Springer 2010, 326 pages, 742 illustrations, $219.00. This is an extremely well-illustrated and comprehensive collection of the existing literature [...]

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 [...]

Ferral H, Lorenz J. RadCases: Interventional Radiology.  Thieme 2010, 224 pages, 493 illustrations, $49.95. Interventional radiology is a difficult topic to teach and learn.  The text RadCases: Interventional Radiology is aimed at preparing radiology residents [...]

Neurosurgery. C.B. Lumenta, C. Di Rocco, J. Haase, J.J.A. Mooij (Editors). Springer 2010, 660 pages, 430 illustrations, $139.00. While not designed for the practicing neurosurgeon this soft-covered, 660-page, multi-authored (81 authors) text entitled Neurosurgery is [...]

Antiphospholipid Syndrome Handbook. Maria L. Bertolaccini, Oier Ateka-Barrutia, Munther A. Khamashta (Authors). Springer 2010, 93 pages, 6 illustrations, $59.95. One only needs to read through this short 93-page soft-covered handbook to realize the ubiquitous nature [...]