Magnetic Resonance Scanning and Epilepsy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)

It was only in 1980 that the first recognisable magnetic resonance images of the human brain were published, by Moore and Holland from Nottingham University in England. There then followed a number of clinical trials of brain imaging, the most notable from the Hammersmith Hospital in London using a system designed by EMI, the original manufacturers of the first CT machines. A true revolution in medicine has ensued; in only a few years there are thousands of scanning units, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has assumed a central importance in medical investigation. It is an extraordinary fact that within a few years of development, the esoteric physics of nuclear spin, angular momentum, and magnetic vector precession were harnessed to provide exquisite images of living anatomy; modem science has no greater tribute. That indisputable king of neurology and the oldest of recorded conditions, epilepsy, has not been untouched by the new technology; indeed, it is our view that the introduction of MRI of electroencephalography (EEG) in the late has been as important to epilepsy as was that 1930s. Now, for the first time, the structural and aetiological basis of the condition is susceptible to thorough investigation, and MRI can provide structural detail to parallel the functional detail of EEG. MRI has the same potential as had EEG over 50 years ago, to provide a new level of understanding of the basic mechanisms, the clinical features and the treatment of epilepsy.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	NATO Science Series A:, 264
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	1994
Editors:	Simon D. Shorvon • D.R. Fish • F. Andermann • G. M. Bydder • H Stefan
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	323
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
ISBN-13:	978-1-4613-6086-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Nuclear medicine Books > Medicine > Surgery > Neurosurgery Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Medical imaging > Ultrasonics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Biophysics
LSN:	1-4613-6086-2
Barcode:	9781461360865

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