7 Venous Occlusive Diseases
10.1055/b-0039-172054 7 Venous Occlusive Diseases 7.1 Deep Venous Thrombosis 7.1.1 Clinical Case A 45-year-old female, loss of consciousness (Fig. 7.1). Fig. 7.1 Deep cerebral venous thrombosis. (a) Axial DWI (diffusion…
9 Small Vessel Disease
10.1055/b-0039-172056 9 Small Vessel Disease 9.1 ABRA/Amyloid Spectrum 9.1.1 Clinical Case A 67-year-old male with memory impairment and encephalopathy. 9.1.2 Description of Imaging Findings and Diagnosis Infiltrative mass in the…
1 Acute Ischemic Stroke
10.1055/b-0039-172048 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke 1.1 Hyperdense Vessel Sign 1.1.1 Clinical Case A 23-year-old female, who woke up with aphasia and right-sided hemiparesis following a cardiac surgery (Fig. 1.1). Fig….
8 Angiographically Occult Vascular Lesions
10.1055/b-0039-172055 8 Angiographically Occult Vascular Lesions 8.1 Cavernous Malformations 8.1.1 Clinical Case A 55-year-old female with seizure. 8.1.2 Description of Imaging Findings and Diagnosis Diagnosis Cavernous malformation of the mesial…
3 Intracranial Steno-Occlusive Disease
10.1055/b-0039-172050 3 Intracranial Steno-Occlusive Disease 3.1 Moyamoya Disease 3.1.1 Clinical Case A 23-year-old female with mild right arm weakness and headache (Fig. 3.1). Fig. 3.1 A 23-year-old female with moyamoya….
4 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
10.1055/b-0039-173883 4 Magnetic Resonance ImagingPuneet Sharma Introduction From its inception in the 1970s, and through humble beginnings in the early 1980s, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has experienced overwhelming growth in…
6 Ultrasound Imaging
10.1055/b-0039-173885 6 Ultrasound ImagingZheng Feng Lu Introduction An ultrasound image is formed using sound. Ultrasound has been widely used because it is portable, low cost, and does not involve ionizing…
5 Nuclear Medicine
10.1055/b-0039-173884 5 Nuclear MedicineJonathon A. Nye, James R. Galt, and John N. Aarsvold Introduction Nuclear medicine imaging comprises planar projection and tomographic image acquisition techniques to capture the distribution of…
7 Image Processing
10.1055/b-0039-173886 7 Image ProcessingJonathon A. Nye and Randahl C. Palmer Introduction Image processing and display are critical components in the imaging workflow chain. They have tremendous diagnostic utility for disease…
3 Computed Tomography
10.1055/b-0039-173882 3 Computed TomographyKaren L. Brown and Jason R. Gold Introduction In computed tomography (CT) imaging, the X-ray tube and detector array rotate around the patient in a fixed geometry…
