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Essentials of Functional MRI is explained from the basic theory underlying magnetic resonance imaging. This includes how it can be used to detect dynamic variations in neural activity to become “functional” MRI, and how fMRI can be used for a variety of applications. The reader will gain an understanding of how fMRI is currently used, its limitations, and how it is still developing. This is achieved by explaining the core concepts and building on them to explain how fMRI data are acquired and what physiological information they provide. These ideas are the key to understanding how the data are analyzed to detect physiological changes that are related to neural activity. With an understanding of the basic underlying concepts, the way that fMRI is used, and its limitations, are much easier to understand. This 2nd edition includes explanations of new advances in MRI techniques and fMRI data analysis methods, and updated examples of applications of fMRI, including current or future clinical applications. This book is intended for students, researchers, and clinicians, who want to understand the theory and practice of fMRI in sufficient detail to use it for neuroscience research, clinical research, and for clinical practice.

Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, the fourth edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Pediatric Neuroradiology is an invaluable resource for general radiologists, pediatric neuroradiologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons, and trainees—anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference in this complex area of imaging. Drs. Kevin R. Moore, Luke L. Linscott, and a team of highly regarded experts provide up-to-date information on nearly 280 diagnoses in short, detailed chapters to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making it a useful learning tool for readers at all levels of experience as well as a handy reference for daily practice. - Provides a comprehensive, expert reference for quickly accessible, detailed information about neoplastic and nonneoplastic disorders affecting the brain, head, neck, and spine of children to help you make specific diagnoses and recommendations for further imaging or referral - Contains numerous new chapters and sweeping updates throughout, covering advances in vessel wall imaging that provide more specific diagnoses of focal cerebral arteriopathy in children; newly identified pediatric infectious diseases, including human parechovirus; congenital brain malformations; MOGAD and NMOSD correlating to newly developed consensus standards; an up-to-date approach to pediatric demyelinating disorders; and more - Includes current tumor criteria from the WHO Classification of Tumours: Central Nervous System Tumours (fifth edition), including advancements in molecular genomics and newly determined categories that identify tumor types/subtypes and facilitate differentiating subtypes - Features more than 5,500 images (in print and online), including radiologic images, full-color medical illustrations, clinical and gross pathology photographs, and histologic images - Clearly demonstrates procedural steps, complications, treatment alternatives, variant anatomy, and more?all fully annotated to highlight the most important diagnostic information - Offers a vivid, full-color design that makes the material easy to read, with an extensive image gallery and'thumbnail'visual differential diagnoses for each entity - Uses bulleted, succinct text and highly templated chapters for quick comprehension of essential information at the point of care - Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

Designed with the busy practitioner in mind, ExpertDDx: Brain and Spine, third edition, quickly guides you to the most likely differential diagnoses based on key imaging findings and clinical information. This superbly illustrated resource covers more than 275 of the top differential diagnoses across a broad spectrum of central nervous system diseases, presenting parallel groups of anatomically based differentials, generic imaging patterns, modality-specific findings, and clinically based differentials for each area. Now fully revised and up-to-date, this practical reference clearly guides you through useful, actionable differential diagnoses that lead to definitive findings in every area of the brain and spine. - Presents multiple clear, sharp, succinctly annotated images for each diagnosis; a list of diagnostic possibilities sorted as common, less common, and rare but significant; and brief, bulleted text offering helpful diagnostic clues - Reflects changes in 2021 WHO CNS tumor grading and nomenclature - Contains newly identified entities, new differential diagnoses, and updated references - Shows both typical and variant manifestations of each possible diagnosis - Includes more than 7,000 high-quality print and online images - Features updated genetic information now available in Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) - Separates adult and pediatric DDx lists for even faster reference - Assists you in building either a definitive diagnosis from an imaging study or a carefully refined list of reasonable differential diagnoses