Fellows’ Journal Club The authors report their single-center experience in 22 patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas who were treated with transarterial liquid embolization in combination with transvenous balloon-assisted protection of the affected venous sinus. All patients were symptomatic, of whom
Editor’s Choice The authors correlated disease severity in symptomatic patients with Chiari I malformation with cough-associated changes in CSF flow as measured with real-time MR imaging. Patients were classified into 2 groups by neurosurgeons blinded to MR imaging measurements: 1)
Kim DH, Choi G, Lee S, et al. Endoscopic Spine Surgery. 2nd ed. Thieme 2018; 512 pp; 1,095 ill; $189.99 Endoscopic Spine Surgery begins by effectively and succinctly making the case for the current importance of endoscopic spine surgery and
Razek, AA. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Imaging of Salivary Glands. Elselvier; 2018; pp 137–318; $386.90 The latest edition of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Imaging of Salivary Glands (May 2018), edited by Ahmed Razek, MD, discusses various aspects of salivary
Fellows’ Journal Club Patients with basilar artery stenosis (n=126; 66 symptomatic and 60 asymptomatic) underwent high-resolution MR imaging. The relationship between imaging findings (intraplaque hemorrhage, contrast enhancement, degree of stenosis, minimal lumen area, and plaque burden) and symptoms was analyzed.
Editor’s Choice MR imaging–pathologic studies have reported that paramagnetic rims on 7T susceptibility-based MR imaging identify, in vivo, a subset of MS lesions with compartmentalized inflammation at the lesion edge and associated remyelination failure. High-resolution T2* and phase MR imaging
Gross RE. Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Functional Neurosurgery. 3rd ed. Thieme 2018; 362 pp; 287 ill; $269.99 Although written primarily for neurosurgeons, Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Functional Neurosurgery has information, illustrations, and strategies which should hold significant interest for neuroradiologists—particularly in those centers
Carroll QB. Radiography in the Digital Age. 3rd Ed. Charles C Thomas; 2018; 904 pp; $109.95 Written primarily for students studying radiology technology, the 3rd edition of Radiography in the Digital Age (3rd edition), edited by Quin B. Carroll, with contribution by
Radiology and Imaging Professionals 2016 / 2017/2018 Becker’s Healthcare’s “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” Named #1 on the Fortune’s and Great Place to Work “20 Best Workplaces in Health Care” Texas Health Resources is one of the largest
Fellows’ Journal Club This study aimed to evaluate morphologic patterns and the delineation of deeply seated collateral networks using ultra-high-field MRA in comparison with conventional DSA in 15 patients. Sequences acquired at 7T were TOF-MRA with 0.22 X 0.22 X
