Table Of ContentProblem Solving in
Neuroradiology
Meng Law, MD, MBBS, FRACR
Professor of Radiology and Neurological Surgery
Director of Neuroradiology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Peter M. Som, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiology, Otolaryngology, and Radiation Oncology
Department of Radiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
Thomas P. Naidich, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
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Contributors
Manzoor Ahmed, MBBS, MD Julia Frühwald-Pallamar
Assistant Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology
Lerner College of Medicine Medical University of Vienna
Imaging Institute Vienna General Hospital
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio Vienna, Austria
Neurodegenerative Disorders Infection/Inflammation
Pascal Bou-Haidar, BMed, MEngSc, FRANZCR Andre D. Furtado, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital Clinical Fellow
New York, New York Department of Radiology
Advanced MR (MR Spectroscopy, Diffusion Imaging, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and Perfusion Imaging): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A Multiparametric Algorithmic Approach to Problem Intrauterine and Perinatal Infections
Solving in Neuroradiology Neuroimaging of Pediatric Hypoxic–Ischemic Injury
Epilepsy
Rajiv Gupta, MD, PhD
Alessandro Cianfoni, MD Director, Ultra-High Resolution Volume CT Lab
Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology Department of Radiology
Radiology Department Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical University of South Carolina Boston, Massachusetts
Charleston, South Carolina Multidetector Computed Tomography as a Problem-Solving
Brain Trauma Tool in Neuroradiology
Imaging of Spine Trauma
Sofia S. Haque, MD
Cesare Colosimo, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology
Professor of Radiology New York Presbyterian Hospital
Director of Radiology Weill Cornell Medical Center;
Department of Bioimages and Radiological Sciences Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Policlinico “A. Gemelli” New York, New York
Catholic University of Rome Metabolic Disorders
Rome, Italy
Brain Trauma Jane J. Kim, MD
Imaging of Spine Trauma Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
University of California, San Francisco
Marco Essig, MD, PhD San Francisco, California
Professor of Radiology Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Problem-Solving Tool
Heidelberg Medical School;
Department of Neuroradiology Paul E. Kim, MD
University of Erlangen Assistant Professor of Radiology
Erlangen, Germany Director of Spine Imaging and Intervention
Tumor Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Girish M. Fatterpekar, MD Los Angeles, California
Assistant Professor, Radiology Spine and Lower Back Pain
Section Neuroradiology Spine: Tumors and Infection
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York
Head and Neck Radiology
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viii Contributors
Lale Kostakoglu, MD, MPH Sunithi Mani
Professor of Radiology Assistant Professor
Director, PET/CT Oncology and Research Department of Radiodiagnosis
Department of Radiology Christian Medical College
Division of Nuclear Medicine Vellore, India
Mount Sinai School of Medicine Multidetector Computed Tomography as a Problem-Solving
New York, New York Tool in Neuroradiology
PET/CT Imaging in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head
and Neck Stephan Meckel, MD
Consultant Neuroradiologist
Saulo Lacerda, MD Department of Neuroradiology
MedImagem-Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa Neurocenter
Sao Paulo, Brazil University Hospital Freiburg
Advanced MR (MR Spectroscopy, Diffusion Freiburg, Germany
Imaging, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and Perfusion Diagnostic Angiography
Imaging): A Multiparametric Algorithmic Approach
to Problem Solving in Neuroradiology Amit Mehndiratta, MBBS, MMST, DPhil
Epilepsy Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Intrauterine and Perinatal Infections University of Oxford
Neuroimaging of Pediatric Hypoxic–Ischemic Injury Oxford, United Kingdom
Multidetector Computed Tomography as a Problem-Solving
Meng Law, MD, MBBS, FRACR Tool in Neuroradiology
Professor of Radiology and Neurological Surgery
Director of Neuroradiology Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD
Keck School of Medicine Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical
University of Southern California Imaging, Bioengineering, and Therapeutic Sciences
Los Angeles, California Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Advanced MR (MR Spectroscopy, Diffusion Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and Perfusion Imaging): San Francisco, California
A Multiparametric Algorithmic Approach to Problem Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Problem-Solving Tool
Solving in Neuroradiology
Epilepsy Thomas P. Naidich, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Michael Lev, MD, FAHA Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director, Emergency Neuroradiology New York, New York
and Neurovascular Lab Intrauterine and Perinatal Infections
Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroimaging of Pediatric Hypoxic–Ischemic Injury
Associate Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School Danielle Nanigian, MD
Boston, Massachusetts University of California at San Diego
Multidetector Computed Tomography as a Problem- Coronado, California
Solving Tool in Neuroradiology Spine Procedures: Biopsies
John K. Lyo, MD Darren B. Orbach, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology Assistant Professor of Radiology
New York Presbyterian Hospital Harvard Medical School;
Weill Cornell Medical Center; Director of Interventional and Neurointerventional
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Radiology
New York, New York Children’s Hospital Boston
Metabolic Disorders Boston, Massachusetts
Neurointerventional Radiology
Contributors ix
Michael Phillips, MD Majda M. Thurnher, MD
Vice Chairman, Research and Academic Affairs Associate Professor of Radiology
Imaging Institute Department of Radiology
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Medical University of Vienna
Cleveland, Ohio Vienna General Hospital
Neurodegenerative Disorders Vienna, Austria
Infection/Inflammation
Stuart Pomerantz, MD
Department of Radiology Johan W.M. Van Goethem, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital Vice-Head of Neuroradiology
Boston, Massachusetts Staff Member
Multidetector Computed Tomography as a Problem-Solving University of Antwerp
Tool in Neuroradiology Antwerp, Belgium
Spine and Lower Back Pain
Stefan B. Puchner, MD Spine: Tumors and Infection
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Radiology Alyssa T. Watanabe, MD
University Hospital Vienna Clinical Associate Professor in Radiology
Vienna, Austria University of Southern California
Infection/Inflammation School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Ajit Puri, MD Spine and Lower Back Pain
Clinical Fellow Spine: Tumors and Infection
Interventional Neuroradiology/Endovascular
Neurosurgery Stephan G. Wetzel, MD
Department of Radiology/Neurosurgery Department of Neuroradiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Swiss Neuro Institute
Boston, Massachusetts Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
Neurointerventional Radiology Zürich, Switzerland
Diagnostic Angiography
Andrea Rossi, MD
Head, Department of Pediatric Neuroradiology Wade Wong, DO
G. Gaslini Children’s Hospital; University of California at San Diego
Contract Professor of Neuroradiology Coronado, California
University of Genoa Spine Procedures: Biopsies
Genoa, Italy
Imaging of Congenital Brain Abnormalities Robert J. Young, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Peter M. Som, MD, FACR New York Presbyterian Hospital
Professor of Radiology, Otolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical Center;
and Radiation Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Department of Radiology New York, New York
Mount Sinai School of Medicine Metabolic Disorders
New York, New York
Head and Neck Radiology
Ruth Thiex, MD, PhD
Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Neurointerventional Radiology
