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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Imaging of the Nervous System

With an emphasis on both diagnostic and therapeutic applications, this multidisciplinary, 2-volume set presents today's state-of-the-art, high-tech developments in neuroradiology. It examines MRI, CT, PET, SPECT, all forms of angiography and the use of perfusion/diffusion and metabolic imaging techniques for both the diagnosis and therapy of the many diseases affecting both the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Features
* Examines both the peripheral and central nervous systems, coverage not found in other texts.
* Integrates recent research discoveries, both clinical and basic science, with clinical utilization.
Offers material on disorders of neural development, behavior and cognition.
* Discusses traditional imaging topics, plus new diseases such as those affecting neural development, cognition, and behavior.
* Features the work of a multidisciplinary team of contributors, including neuroradiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroanatomists, physiologists, and physicists.
* Includes a CD-ROM that features all the images from the 2-volume set and test cases related to each chapter of the text.
* Presents the hot topics in today's practice, including a chapter on neurobehavioral disorders.
* Chapter 10, A Functional Atlas of Brain Vascular Territories is a four-color presentation of illustrations and color-coded text.