Overview
- Provides an overview of the practical aspects of diffusion tensor imaging
- Covers the practical implementation of DTI, derivation of information from DTI data and clinical applications
- Includes decision schemes and a fully annotated DTI brain atlas
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Introduction
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging: From Theory to Practice
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis
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Normal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Anatomy
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Clinical Applications of Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Louise Emsell, PhD, is a translational neuroimaging expert and educator. Presently based at the University Psychiatry Centre (UPC) and Translational MRI departments at the KU Leuven University Hospital in Belgium, Dr. Emsell has two Masters degrees in Science (Medical Physics/Medicinal Chemistry) and Education, and a PhD in Psychiatry. Her award-winning postdoctoral research combines many advanced neuroimaging techniques, including state-of-the-art diffusion MRI, to study the development and evolution of psychopathology.
Stefan Sunaert, MD, PhD, is a Consultant Neuroradiologist, Professor of Neuroradiology and internationally-renowned expert in all aspects of clinical and academic MR neuroimaging. Presently head of the Translational MRI Department at KU Leuven, and based in the Radiology Department of the KU Leuven University Hospital in Belgium, Professor Sunaert has published widely in the field of Neuroradiology and has received numerous awards for his academic research. Additionally, he is a highly-respected clinician and educator who has organised numerous advanced neuroimaging courses and workshops at conferences across the world.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Book Subtitle: A Practical Handbook
Editors: Wim Van Hecke, Louise Emsell, Stefan Sunaert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3118-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3117-0Published: 15 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3118-7Published: 14 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 440
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 238 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neuroradiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Neurology, Neurosciences