Libri di H. Imhof

In the continuous effort to further improve neurosurgery, intraoperative information on structure and function of the brain has become an important tool which potentially will result in an improved outcome of neurosurgical procedures. In this book experts from different countries and neurosurgical organizations have collected information on the state-of-the-art of intraoperative imaging, MRI, CT and ultrasound. Various contributions cover the future of neuroimaging, the impact of intraoperative imaging on glioma surgery, technical and neurosurgical aspects of the different imaging modalities and systems, and economical aspects. The present book thus provides a unique and comprehensive source of information on the complex of intraoperative imaging in modern neurosurgery.

This volume presents a selection of clinical cases with the emphasis on tumors of bone and soft tissues. Case for case, the reader is supplied with information and invited to suggest a diagnosis. In each case the patient's history is briefly reviewed and characteristic images are reproduced. Special importance is attached to lucid analysis, basic considerations and systematic image interpretation. Each case is histologically verified, and the definitive diagnosis is betrayed on the last page. Case presentations close with a concise summary of the important clinical data relating to the entity concerned. This authoritative yet eminently readable book is a practical guide to the analysis of the kind of complex orthopedic cases with which orthopedists and radiologists should become familiar.