Clinical Brain Imaging: Principles and Applications (Contemporary Neurology Series)

A review of computed tomography imaging techniques for observing the function and structure of the brain as it responds to or recovers from disease. Addressed to practicing and training clinical neurologists and neurosurgeons, but may also interest radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and psychiatrists. Discusses the principles of imaging, the findings related to many of the disease processes commonly encountered, and specific regions of the brain, such as the basal ganglia and the cerebellum. Includes quite a few color images. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.