Neuroimaging, Overview

W.J Powers; C.P Derdeyn

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385157-4.00200-1

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Neuroimaging, Overview

W.J Powers and C.P Derdeyn

Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, pp.398-399

Elsevier Inc, Second Edition

2014

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385157-4.00200-1

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Abstract

Neuroimaging refers to the use of radiological and other techniques to create images of the living human nervous system. X-rays were and still are valuable for detecting fractures and other bony abnormalities, but they do not show the soft tissues of the nervous system itself. X-ray computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide excellent images of soft tissues. CT and MRI are the most widely used techniques for diagnostic structural neuroimaging. Positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission tomography (SPECT), functional MRI, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy all provide physiological neuroimaging data.

Neuroimaging

Physiological neuroimaging

Positron emission tomography (PET)

X-ray computed tomography (CT)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Neurointerventional surgery

X-ray

Endovascular neurosurgery

Interventional neuroradiology

Neuroradiology

Structural neuroimaging

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Title: Subtitle: Neuroimaging, Overview
Creators: W.J Powers - University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
C.P Derdeyn - Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, pp.398-399
Edition: Second Edition
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385157-4.00200-1
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Language: English
Date published: 2014
Academic Unit: Neurology; Radiology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery
Record Identifier: 9984070439102771

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