Cerebral and Spinal Computed Tomography

The third edition of this tried and tested standard volume shows that computed tomography (CT) still rates highly in the modern diagnosis of disorders of the central nervous system.The new edition contains the following features: the excellent didactic principles remain unchanged; the illustrative material has been completely updated and expanded; the comparative tables for differentiating the various kinds of tumours have been completely revised; greater attention has been paid to the differential diagnosis of lumbosciatica; modern examination methods such as spiral CT and the 3D reconstruction technique, as well as interventional procedures, are introduced; postoperative and post-traumatic problems are described in detail; a whole new chapter has been devoted to the subject of AIDS; and in view of the increasing importance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of disorders of the central nervous system, the relative diagnostic capabilities and expressiveness of CT versus MRI have been carefully compared.