Offers readers (including beginners) an understanding of the brain using magnetic resonance imaging/computed tomography (MRI/CT) images

Is richly illustrated with MRI and CT images of the healthy and the diseased brain

Highlights findings from innovative methods developed for MRI scans

Autorentext

Dr. Jeroen Hendrikse is professor in radiology with a focus on brain imaging at the University Medical Centre Utrecht, which is the second largest hospital in The Netherlands. He has developed innovative MRI scans to study brain infarcts and the cerebral vasculature. He worked as a researcher at the Johns Hopkins University and received prestigious national and international prizes and grants. He is responsible for the continuous medical educational program for radiologists in the Netherlands. .

Inhalt
CT and MRI scanners: the basics.- CT and MRI scans: different types of photos.- Brain anatomy.- White spots.- Brain shrinkage.- Silent infarcts.- Small old bleedings.- More space around the blood vessels.- Brain infarcts.- Brain bleedings.