Clinical applications of functional MRI. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Jay J. Pillai.
• Authors: Pillai, Jay J
• Contents: Front Cover; Clinical Applications ofFunctional MRI; Copyright; Neuroimaging Clinics Of North America; Contributors; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Presurgical Planning; Key points; Introduction; Anatomic organization of the sensorimotor system; The Primary Sensorimotor Cortex; Secondary Motor Areas; Supplementary Motor Area; Why functional MR imaging?; Paradigms; Paresis; Artifacts; Effect of tumor on functional MR imaging; Combination of methods; Magnetoencephalography; Electroencephalography; Positron Emission Tomography. Diffusion TractographyIntraoperative mapping; Real-Time Functional MR Imaging; Summary and future directions; References; Visual Mapping Using Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Key points; Introduction; Visual mapping paradigm and analysis; Clinical application; Resting-state functional MR imaging of the visual cortex; Neurovascular uncoupling in the visual cortex; Summary; References; Memory Assessment in the Clinical Context Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Key points; Transitions in translational imaging. The goals of clinical functional MR imaging for memoryThe pragmatics of clinical functional MRI for memory; Memory in temporal lobe epilepsy: activation tasks and correspondence with clinical memory data; Challenges to the link between activation magnitude and functional integrity; Resting-state fMRI and memory; The added value of fMRI in diagnosis and prediction; Final conceptual and methodological caveats in imaging memory; References; Preoperative Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Key points; Introduction; Rationale for brain tumor surgery and preoperative diffusion tensor imaging. Understanding white matter anatomyFunctional localization sources; Diffusion tensor imaging acquisition and visualization; Color-Coded Fractional Anisotropy Maps; Fiber Tracking; Diffusion tensor imaging interpretation; Future directions; Summary; References; Diffusion Tensor Imaging for Brain Malformations; Key points; Introduction; Basics of diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging; White matter exploration from Andreas Vesalius to Josef Klingler and beyond; Applications of diffusion tensor imaging in pediatric brain malformations; Corpus Callosum or Commissural Malformations. Posterior Fossa Malformations, Including Joubert SyndromeAnomalous Decussations in Many Malformations; Final remarks and 2 illustrative cases to think about; It Is All About Connecting the Dots; Illustrative Case; Nonsolved Case; Summary; References; Pretherapeutic Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children; Key points; Introduction; How to perform functional MR imaging in children; Blood-Oxygen-Level-Dependent Contrast in the Developing Brain; Which Paradigm Design?; Block or event?; Choosing tasks adapted to the child's age and performance; Controlling performances; Technical Issues.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.07/548; Magnetic resonance imaging; Brain -- Magnetic resonance imaging; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Brain -- Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323323840; 0323323847
• Related ISBNs: 9780323323833; 0323323839
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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