Fig. 40.1 Magnetic resonance imaging. (a) A 5-year-old female patient with right frontal lobe epilepsy treated in our center. T1- and T2-weighted sequences showed widespread bilateral cortical atrophy that did…
1. Central feature (essential for a diagnosis of possible or probable DLB) Dementia defined as progressive cognitive decline of sufficient magnitude to interfere with normal social or occupational function. Prominent…
Fig. 23.1 Typical MR image of a BAVM 23.2.2 Natural History After the clinical presentation of a BAVM, the most important issue is the estimate of the natural disease course…
Fig. 18.1 T2-weighted MR images of the patient showing an infarct in the left temporal area (a: 1st stroke), with another infarct in the right frontal area (b: 2nd stroke),…
Fig. 20.1 Section of the cingulate cortex of an Alzheimer patient (F, 84 years) stained for amyloid plaques with the Gallyas modification of the Bielschowsky silver method. Upper panel shows…
Fig. 39.1 The process of subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI. Interictal SPECT is linearly transformed to the same patient’s ictal SPECT using chamfer surface matching algorithm (a). The total…
Fig 12.1 Sample of MRI coronal sections showing regional atrophy. Subjective visual rating and linear measurements of the medial temporal lobe atrophy can be assessed on these MR films: (a)…
Fig. 24.1 99mTechnetium-hexamnethyl propyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) SPECT after transient ischaemic attack (Adapted from You et al. 2000. With permission). (a) Imaging 12 h after clinical event in a 63-year-old male…
Fig. 22.1 Biological factors supporting plaque vulnerability (Nighoghossian et al. 2005) (Permission to use figure and legend granted by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; http://lww.com) These various stages of atherosclerotic plaque…
Fig. 9.1 [18F]FDG-PET images obtained in a healthy control (upper row) and an AD patient (lower row). Red arrows indicate the posterior cingulate and bilateral parietotemporal regions that are typically…
