Main description:

Written by internationally renowned experts, this volume is a collection of chapters dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in neuroradiology and diseases of the spine. The different topics are disease-oriented and encompass all the relevant imaging modalities including X-ray technology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance, as well as image-guided interventional techniques. It represents a unique experience for residents in radiology as well as for experienced radiologists wishing to be updated on the current state of the art.

Contents:

General Workshop.- 1.Cerebral Neoplasms.- 2.Mass Lesions of the Brain: a Differential Diagnostic Approach.- 3.Evaluation of Cerebral Vessels.- 4.Brain Ischemia.- 5.Hemorragic Vascular Pathology.- 6.Demyelinating Diseases.- 7.Degenerative and Metabolic Diseases of the Brain.- 8.Traumatic Neuroemergency.- 9.Non-traumatic Neuroemergency.- 10.Imaging the Patient with Seizures.- 11.Imaging of Cerebral Infections.- 12a.Diseases of the Sella and Parasellar Region.-12b.Diseases of the Sella.- 13.Diseases of the Temporal Bone.- 14.Imaging of the Pharynx and Oral Cavity.- 15.Diseases of the Larynx.- 16a.Extramucosal Spaces of the Head and Neck.- 16b.Nose, Paranasal Sinuses and Adjacent Spaces.- 17.Degenerative Diseases of the Spine.- 18.Spinal Trauma and Injuries.- 19.Spinal Inflammatory and Demyelinating Diseases.- 20.Congenital and Acquired Abnormalities of the Pediatric Brain.- 21.Imaging of Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors.- Satellite Course"Diamond".- Workshops Brain.- 1.Neurodegenerative Disease: Correlative Imaging.- 2.PET Imaging of Dementia.- 3.PET-and SPECT Imaging in Epilepsy.- 4.Quantification of Neuro-PET,where and when to use it.- 5.NMImaging of Brain Tumors.- 6. Nuclear Imaging of Neurovascular Disease.- Workshops Neck.- 1.Integrated PET-CTand PET-MR of SSC of the Neck.- 2.Radioiodine Therapy:Current Imaging Concepts.- Satellite Course Kangaroo.- 1.Accidental and Non-Accidental Injury of the Pediatric Brain and Spine.- 2.Imaging of Phakomatoses in Children.- 3.Acquired Infectious and Auto-Immune Diseases of the Pediatric CNS.- 4.Hemorrhage, Stroke and Ischemia of the Neonatal Brain
Satellite Breast Imaging.- 1.MRI of the Breast:Technique, Indications and BI-RADS Classification.- 2.Mammography:Evaluation of Microcalcifications.- 3.Ultrasound of the Breast (including Interventions): An Update.-4.Mammography:Diagnosis of Asymmetries, Masses and Architectural Distortions.