Now expanded to two volumes, the Third Edition of this classic text is the definitive encyclopedia on cranial and spinal MRI. This edition features new chapters on functional neuroanatomy, diffusion MRI, perfusion MRI, task activation functional MRI, epilepsy, the cranial nerves and psychiatric disorders. The previous edition's chapters have been extensively revised to reflect the evolution of new imaging techniques. Virtually all of the previous edition's MR images have been replaced with newer, sharper examples (along with 400 colour illustrations). The tables have been redesigned, with use of colour in a more modern design for greater clarity and visual appeal and the book has now been split into two volumes for easier day to day practice use.

Contents

Part I. Principles

1. Instrumentation: Magnets, Coils, and Hardware
2. Basis of MR Contrast
3. Principles of Image Formation: K-space
4. Contrast Agents and Relaxation
5. Flow: Theory and MR Techniques
6. Fast Imaging: Principles
7. Diffusion
8. Perfusion
9. Artifacts
10. Bioeffects and Safety

Part II. Brain

11. Disorders of Brain Development
12. CNS Manifestations of Inherited Syndromes
13. Epilepsy
14. White Matter Diseases
15. Intraaxial Brain Tumors
16. Extraaxial Brain Tumors
17. Intracranial Hemorrhage
18. Intracranial Vascular Malformations and Aneurysms
19. Cerebral Infarction and Ischemic Disease
20. MR Angiography
21. Head Trauma
22. Intracranial Infection
23. The Aging Brain and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Part III. Skull Base

24. Base of the Skull
25. Sella and Parasellar Region
26. Diseases of the Temporal Bone
27. The Orbit and Visual System

Part IV. Spine

28. Congenital Anomalies of the Spine and Spinal Cord
29. Degenerative Disease of the Spine and Spinal Cord
30. Neoplastic Disease of the Spine and Spinal Cord
31. Spinal Trauma
32. Vascular Disease of the Spine
33. Spinal Infection and Inflammatory Disorders

Part V. Advances

34. Functional MRI of the Brain
35. Psychiatric Disease
36. MR Spectroscopy and the Biochemical Basis of Neurological Disease

Index