Radiology Key

Pediatric Brain Tumors Robert A. Zimmerman Larissa T. Bilaniuk Introduction Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in pediatric patients are the second most common form of neoplasia (1). They…

Adult Brain Tumors Bruno Telles Francesco D’Amore Mahesh V. Jayaraman Jerrold L. Boxerman Meng Law Mark S. Shiroishi Alexander Lerner Primary brain tumors are uncommon. They account for less than…

White Matter Diseases and Inherited Metabolic Disorders Maria A. Rocca Annette O. Nusbaum Martina Absinta Otto Rapalino Kar-Ming Fung Massimo Filippi Despite more than three decades of evolution and maturation…

Epilepsy William B. Zucconi Vivek Gupta Richard A. Bronen Recent advances in molecular biology, genomics, and neuroimaging have led to significant improvements in the understanding, evaluation, and management of epilepsy…

Disorders of Brain Development Thierry A.G.M. Huisman Andrea Poretti Central Nervous System Embryogenesis In order to understand the classification and pathogenesis of developmental disorders of the central nervous system (CNS)…

Central Nervous System Manifestations of the Phakomatoses Susan I. Blaser James G. Smirniotopoulos Frances M. Murphy The neurocutaneous syndromes, commonly called the phakomatoses, are the usual and most extensively studied…

From Image Formation to Image Contrast: Understanding Contrast Mechanisms, Acquisition Strategies, and Artifacts Sean C.L. Deoni One of the great advantages of magnetic resonance imaging is its extreme versatility in…

Contrast Agents and Relaxation Effects John C. Gore Matthew R. Hight James M. Joers Richard P. Kennan H. Charles Manning In many clinical applications of MRI the differences of intrinsic…

Instrumentation: Magnets, Coils, and Hardware Luca Marinelli John F. Schenck Douglas A.C. Kelley Introduction In Würtzburg, Bavaria, on November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen detected a new form of radiation coming…