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Abstract
Topics include: Imaging of Ischemic Stroke; Hemorrhagic Stroke and Non-traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage; Acute Neuro-Interventional Therapies; Orbital and Intracranial Complications of Sinusitis; Traumatic Brain Injury; Central Nervous System Infections; Facial Trauma: What the Surgeon Wants to Know; Intracranial Hypo- and Hypertension; Seizures; Pediatric Central Nervous System Emergencies; Spine Emergencies; Infections and Inflammatory Processes of the Neck
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Stroke Imaging | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Neuroimaging Clinics of North America | iv | ||
| Contributors | v | ||
| Contents | ix | ||
| Foreword | xiii | ||
| Imaging Acute Stroke is Rapidly Evolving | xv | ||
| Chapter 1. Advanced CT Imaging in the Evaluation of Hemorrhagic Stroke | 197 | ||
| ACCURACY OF MULTIDETECTOR CT ANGIOGRAPHY FOR THE DETECTION OF UNDERLYING VASCULAR LESIONS IN HEMORRHAGIC STROKE | 198 | ||
| THE CT ANGIOGRAPHY SPOT SIGN IN PRIMARY ICH | 203 | ||
| THE CT ANGIOGRAPHY SPOT SIGN IN SECONDARY INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE | 209 | ||
| SUMMARY | 212 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 212 | ||
| REFERENCES | 212 | ||
| Chapter 2. CT Perfusion Imaging in Acute Stroke | 215 | ||
| TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF CTP | 216 | ||
| COMPARISON WITH MR-PWI | 218 | ||
| RADIATION DOSE IN CTP: FACTS, PUBLICITY, AND RESPONSE | 220 | ||
| CTP METHODOLOGY: GENERAL PRINCIPLES | 220 | ||
| CTP THEORY AND MODELING | 221 | ||
| CTP POSTPROCESSING | 221 | ||
| CORRECTION FOR DELAY AND DISPERSION OF THE AIF: WHY IT MATTERS | 223 | ||
| CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF CTP | 223 | ||
| IMAGE INTERPRETATION: INFARCT DETECTION WITH CTA-SI | 225 | ||
| CTP INTERPRETATION: ISCHEMIC PENUMBRA AND INFARCT CORE | 225 | ||
| IMAGING PREDICTORS OF CLINICAL OUTCOME | 229 | ||
| SUMMARY | 231 | ||
| REFERENCES | 232 | ||
| Chapter 3. Stroke Imaging Research Road Map | 239 | ||
| THE NEED FOR STANDARDIZATION AND VALIDATION | 239 | ||
| THE STIR | 240 | ||
| SUMMARY | 244 | ||
| REFERENCES | 244 | ||
| Chapter 4. Role of Diffusion and Perfusion MRI in Selecting Patients for Reperfusion Therapies | 247 | ||
| DIFFUSION MRI | 248 | ||
| PERFUSION MRI | 250 | ||
| EVOLUTION OF MISMATCH DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS | 251 | ||
| TRIALS THAT TESTED AND USED THE DWI/PWI MISMATCH HYPOTHESIS DEFUSE | 251 | ||
| FUTURE DIRECTIONS | 254 | ||
| SUMMARY | 255 | ||
| REFERENCES | 255 | ||
| Chapter 5. MR Perfusion Imaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke | 259 | ||
| THE HEMODYNAMICS OF ISCHEMIC STROKE | 260 | ||
| DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST IMAGING: BASIC PHYSICS AND IMAGE ACQUISITION | 261 | ||
| DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST IMAGING: MEASUREMENT OF PERFUSION PARAMETERS | 263 | ||
| USING MR PERFUSION IMAGING IN PATIENT CARE | 275 | ||
| SUMMARY | 278 | ||
| REFERENCES | 278 | ||
| Chapter 6. Arterial Spin Label Imaging of Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack | 285 | ||
| INDICATIONS FOR ASL PERFUSION IMAGING | 288 | ||
| PREVIOUS LITERATURE ON ASL FINDINGS IN TIA AND STROKE | 288 | ||
| TYPICAL FINDINGS ON ASL STUDIES: STROKE | 292 | ||
| TYPICAL FINDINGS ON ASL STUDIES: TIA | 295 | ||
| PROBLEMS WITH ASL IMAGING IN STROKE AND TIA | 296 | ||
| FUTURE OF ASL IN STROKE AND TIA | 298 | ||
| SUMMARY | 299 | ||
| REFERENCES | 299 | ||
| Chapter 7. Transient Ischemic Attack: Definition, Diagnosis, and Risk Stratification | 303 | ||
| CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF TIA | 303 | ||
| BRAIN IMAGING FINDINGS IN TIA | 304 | ||
| TISSUE-BASED DEFINITION OF TIA | 307 | ||
| PREDICTION OF STROKE RISK AFTER TIA | 308 | ||
| SUMMARY | 311 | ||
| REFERENCES | 311 | ||
| Chapter 8. Measuring Permeability in Acute Ischemic Stroke | 315 | ||
| MRI METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF BBB INTEGRITY | 315 | ||
| CT METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF BBB INTEGRITY | 321 | ||
| SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR IMAGING ASSESSMENT OF BBB INTEGRITY | 322 | ||
| REFERENCES | 323 | ||
| Chapter 9. Imaging Stroke Patients with Unclear Onset Times | 327 | ||
| PATIENTS WITH UNCLEAR STROKE ONSETS: BACKGROUND | 328 | ||
| IMAGING-BASED TRIAGE FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION | 331 | ||
| CLINICAL TRIALS INVOLVING PATIENTS WITH UNWITNESSED STROKE ONSET | 340 | ||
| SUMMARY | 340 | ||
| REFERENCES | 340 | ||
| Chapter 10. MR Diffusion Imaging in Ischemic Stroke | 345 | ||
| BASIC CONCEPTS OF DIFFUSION MR IMAGING | 345 | ||
| BASIC MECHANISMS UNDERLYING RESTRICTED DIFFUSION ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE STROKE | 347 | ||
| DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING MAP INTERPRETATION | 348 | ||
| TIME COURSE OF DWI CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE ISCHEMIA | 349 | ||
| RELIABILITY AND PITFALLS OF DWI IN IDENTIFICATION OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC LESIONS | 350 | ||
| REVERSIBILITY OF DWI-POSITIVE LESIONS IN ISCHEMIC STROKE AND USE OF DWI FOR DETERMINATION OF INFARCT CORE | 353 | ||
| USE OF DWI FOR PREDICTING HEMORRHAGIC TRANSFORMATION | 356 | ||
| CORRELATION OF DWI LESION VOLUME WITH CLINICAL OUTCOME | 358 | ||
| DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING AND DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING | 359 | ||
| THE DIFFUSION TENSOR | 359 | ||
| THE DIFFUSION KURTOSIS TENSOR | 361 | ||
| DTI AND DKI IN THE NORMAL BRAIN | 362 | ||
| EVOLUTION OF MEAN DIFFUSION IN ISCHEMIA | 363 | ||
| EVOLUTION OF DIFFUSIONAL ANISOTROPY IN ISCHEMIA | 363 | ||
| DIFFUSIONAL KURTOSIS CHANGES IN ISCHEMIA | 365 | ||
| PREDICTING TISSUE VIABILITY AND CLINICAL OUTCOME | 365 | ||
| SECONDARY WHITE MATTER DEGENERATION | 367 | ||
| PERINATAL HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC INJURY | 368 | ||
| SUMMARY | 370 | ||
| REFERENCES | 370 | ||
| Chapter 11. Intra-arterial Stroke Therapy: Recanalization Strategies, Patient Selection and Imaging | 379 | ||
| IMAGING TRIAGE | 379 | ||
| IAT | 381 | ||
| COMBINED IV THERAPY/IAT | 384 | ||
| MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS | 384 | ||
| STENT PLACEMENT/ANGIOPLASTY FOR STROKE TREATMENT | 388 | ||
| SUMMARY | 389 | ||
| REFERENCES | 389 | ||
| Chapter 12. Noninvasive Carotid Artery Imaging with a Focus on the Vulnerable Plaque | 391 | ||
| LUMINAL IMAGING | 392 | ||
| PLAQUE IMAGING | 394 | ||
| FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS | 400 | ||
| SUMMARY | 400 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 401 | ||
| REFERENCES | 401 | ||
| Chapter 13. ASPECTS and Other Neuroimaging Scores in the Triage and Prediction of Outcome in Acute Stroke Patients | 407 | ||
| ASPECTS | 407 | ||
| POSTERIOR CIRCULATION NEUROIMAGING SCORES | 415 | ||
| THE CLOT BURDEN SCORE | 416 | ||
| THE BOSTON ACUTE STROKE IMAGING SCALE | 417 | ||
| LEPTOMENINGEAL COLLATERAL SCORES ON CTA | 417 | ||
| HOW CAN ASPECTS AND OTHER NEUROIMAGING SCORES BE USED IN CLINICAL DECISION MAKING? | 418 | ||
| THE GOOD-SCAN-OCCLUSION PARADIGM FOR PATIENT SELECTION IN FUTURE STROKE TRIALS | 419 | ||
| TRAINING IN THE USE OF ASPECTS AND OTHER NEUROIMAGING SCORES | 420 | ||
| SUMMARY | 420 | ||
| REFERENCES | 420 | ||
| Index | 425 |