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CNS Anatomy & Radiology via 3D Methodology
Author(s) -
Phillips C. Douglas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a19-c
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , spinal cord , tomography , anatomy , medicine , gross anatomy , radiology , psychiatry
The depiction of normal anatomy and pathology of the brain and spinal cord has dramatically improved through a number of mechanisms, namely the rapid development of magnetic resonance imaging technology and the equally rapid development of multidetector computed tomography technology. The resulting large data sets are now easily manipulated because of the appearance of powerful workstations and software to manipulate these enormous data sets. This talk will cover the development of improved depiction of the normal anatomy of the central nervous system through these two mechanisms. Brain and spinal anatomy will be demonstrated through computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and the utility of workstations and image segmentation to depict normal anatomy and pathology will be covered, and the growing use of functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, computed tomographic angiography, and 3D depiction of anatomy and pathology will be discussed. The educational opportunities of these imaging techniques will also be discussed.