Vascular Imaging of the Central Nervous System: Physical Principles, Clinical Applications and Emerging Techniques (Current Clinical Imaging)

In recent years vascular imaging of the brain and spinal cord – the central nervous system or CNS – has evolved from fairly crude, invasive procedures to more advanced, safer, faster and more precise imaging methods. Computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging methods have played a special role in these advances. In fact, however, such a wide range of vascular imaging methods are now available in clinical practice that the radiologist is often faced with a difficult choice of which of them to employ.

Vascular Imaging of the Central Nervous System is the first full-length reference text that shows radiologists, and especially neuroradiologists, how to optimize the use of these techniques to increase the sensitivity and specificity of vascular imaging, thereby improving the diagnosis and treatment of individual patients.

Each chapter is formatted carefully and is divided into two essential parts: The first part describes the physical principles underlying each imaging technique, along with potential associated artifacts and pitfalls; the second part addresses clinical applications and novel applications of each method.