Neuroradiology — Expert Clinical Reference

Imaging · Clinical Bases

How it begins

Expert clinical reference on cerebrovascular pathology, intracranial tumors, traumatic brain injury, infections, demyelinating diseases, spinal neuroradiology, advanced MRI techniques and neurointerventionism.

What it covers

1. Neuroradiology
2. 1. Introduction and History of Neuroradiology
3. · 1.1 Historical Milestones
4. · 1.2 The Current Paradigm: Molecular Imaging and Artificial Intelligence
5. 2. Fundamental Neuroradiological Anatomy
6. · 2.1 Brain Anatomy in CT and MRI
7. · 2.2 Cerebral Vascular Anatomy
8. · 2.3 Willis Polygon and Variants
9. 3. MRI sequences in Neuroradiology
10. · 3.1 Gadolinium and Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown
11. 4. Acute Ischemic Stroke — Imaging Protocol
12. · 4.1 Therapeutic Windows
13. · 4.2 Non-Contrast CT in Acute Stroke — Early Signs
14. · 4.3 CT Angio and CT Perfusion in Stroke
15. · 4.4 MR in Acute Stroke — DWI as Gold Standard
16. · 4.5 Topographic Patterns of Infarction
17. 5. Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
18. · 5.1 CT Evolution of Cerebral Hemorrhage
19. · 5.2 Location and Etiology
20. · 5.3 Signs of Hematoma Expansion — "Spot Sign"
21. 6. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
22. · 6.1 CT without Contrast — Immediate Diagnosis
23. · 6.2 AngioCT vs. Digital Cerebral Angiography (DSA)
24. · 6.3 Intracranial Aneurysms
25. 7. CNS Vascular Malformations
26. 8. Cerebral Vein Thrombosis (CVT)
27. · 8.1 Image Findings
28. 9. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) — Classification and Diagnosis
29. · 9.1 TBI Severity Classification
30. · 9.2 Skull Fractures
31. 10. Post-traumatic hematomas
32. · 10.1 Epidural Hematoma (EHED)
33. · 10.2 Subdural Hematoma (SDH)
34. · 10.3 Hemorrhagic Bruises
35. 11. Diffuse Axonal Injury (LAD)
36. 12. 2021 WHO Classification of CNS Tumors
37. · 12.1 Key Molecular Changes in the WHO Classification 2021
38. 13. Gliomas — Imaging Characterization
39. · 13.1 Glioblastoma (GBM) IDH-Wildtype, WHO Grade 4
40. · 13.2 IDH-Muted Astrocytoma (Grades 2 and 3)
41. · 13.3 Oligodendroglioma (IDH-Muted, 1p/19q Codel, Grade 2–3)
42. 14. Meningioma and Schwannoma
43. · 14.1 Meningioma
44. · 14.2 Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma)
45. 15. Brain Metastases and Primary CNS Lymphoma
46. · 15.1 Brain Metastases
47. · 15.2 Primary CNS Lymphoma (PCNSL)
48. 16. Sellar and Pituitary Pathology
49. · 16.1 Pituitary Adenoma
50. · 16.2 Pituitary Apoplexy
51. · 16.3 Other Sellar Lesions
52. 17. Central Nervous System Infections
53. · 17.1 Bacterial Meningitis
54. · 17.2 Herpetic Encephalitis (HSV-1)
55. · 17.3 Autoimmune Encephalitis (Anti-NMDAR)
56. · 17.4 Brain Abscess
57. · 17.5 Neurocysticercosis
58. 18. CNS Demyelinating Diseases
59. · 18.1 Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
60. · 18.2 Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)
61. · 18.3 ADEM (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis)
62. 19. Spinal Neuroradiology — Anatomy and Technique
63. · 19.1 Spinal Anatomy in MRI
64. 20. Disc Pathology and Cervical Myelopathy
65. · 20.1 Herniated Disc — Standardized Terminology (ASNR/ASSR)
66. · 20.2 Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM)
67. · 20.3 Spondylodiscitis (Vertebral Infection)
68. 21. Spinal Tumors
69. 22. Perfusion and MR Spectroscopy — Clinical Applications
70. · 22.1 Perfusion in the Differential Diagnosis of Brain Tumors
71. · 22.2 MR Spectroscopy in Clinical Practice
72. 23. Cerebral Angiography and Neurointerventionism
73. · 23.1 Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Stroke
74. · 23.2 Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms
75. · 23.3 Cerebral AVM Embolization
76. 24. Neuroimaging in Dementia
77. · 24.1 Alzheimer's disease (AD)
78. · 24.2 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
79. 25. Neurological Emergency Protocols
80. · 25.1 Acute Stroke Protocol (stroke code)
81. · 25.2 Endocranial Hypertension — Image