Functional MRI at 3.0 Tesla
Fig. 11.1 Schematic view of the events occurring in the genesis of BOLD signal. Explanations in the text Neuronal firing gives also rise to synaptic activity, and, during synaptic activity,…
High-Field MRI and Safety: I. Installations
and Alessandra Iannelli1 (1) Health Physics Department, “IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Viale Cappuccini, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, (Fg), Italy High-field magnetic resonance (MR), originally developed in the framework of spectroscopy…
3.0 T fMRI in Psychiatry
Fig. 22.1 The path from genes to behavior. fMRI phenotypes are closer to genes effect compared to behavioral correlates In this chapter, we will first focus on how high-field fMRI…
High-Field-Strength MRI (3.0 T or More) in White Matter Diseases
Fig. 16.1 Seven-tesla T2*/phase features and contrast enhancement dynamics in (a, b) centripetal and (c) centrifugal enhancing lesions. The hypointense phase rim is clearly visible in (a, b), but whereas…
Setting the Report and Support of the Functional Findings
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Tommaso Scarabino, Saverio Pollice and Teresa Popolizio (eds.)High Field Brain MRI10.1007/978-3-319-44174-0_13 13. Setting the Report and Support of the Functional Findings Armando Tartaro1 and Simone Salice1 (1) Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical…
Imaging Differential Diagnosis of Pediatric CNS Tumors
(1) Neuroradiology, Universityhospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany 3.1 Explanatory Note After termination of this book the new WHO-classification of central nervous system tumors has been published [9]. As a completely…
Imaging Guidelines for Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients
(1) Neuroradiology, Universityhospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany 4.1 Imaging Techniques MRI is clearly the method of choice for the imaging of diseases of the CNS. CT usually has only an…
The Impact of Staging Examinations in Children and Adolescents with Brain Tumor
(1) Neuroradiology, Universityhospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Pediatric brain tumors, especially embryonal and other high-grade tumor types, have the propensity to disseminate along the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathway, while spread…
Structure of the Pediatric Competence Network of the German GPOH (Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology)
(1) Neuroradiology, Universityhospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany The pediatric oncologists in Germany are running multicenter treatment optimization studies for all kinds of tumors including CNS tumors. They have instituted reference…
Lesions of the Urinary Tract and Renal Sinus
(1) Department of Medical Imaging, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan (2) Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Institute of Radiological Research Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan …
