BookFrancesco Prada, Luigi Solbiati, Alberto Martegani, Francesco DiMeco, editors.
Contents:
General aspects: Clinical US, historical aspects
US physics, basic principles and clinical application
B-mode ultrasound: Ultrasound system set up and general semeiology
Echographic brain semeiology and topographic anatomy according to surgical approaches
Intraoperative findings in brain tumor surgery
IOUS B-mode intra-operative findings in spinal lesions
IOUS B-mode intra-operative findings in peripheral nerve pathologies
Multimodal imaging in glioma surgery
Doppler imaging: Basic principles and clinical application.- Intra-operative Ultrasound, Fusion imaging and Virtual Navigation: Virtual navigation and interventional procedures. Navigable ultrasound, 3D ultrasound and fusion imaging in neurosurgery
Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS): Basic principles, general application and future trends
CEUS in neurosurgery
Elastosonography: Ultrasound Elastography.