MRS of the Brain and Neurological Disorders illustrates and demonstrates the usefulness of magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the diagnosis of brain and neurological disorders, including epilepsy, nervous disorders, psychiatric disorders, and brain tumors. This book is unique in that it contains 87 case studies of neurologic and psychiatric disorders accumulated by clinical application of 31P chemical shift imaging and 1H single voxel spectroscopy, using a single MRS system. The extensive case studies, selected from 1,200 patients, include cases of brain tumors, cerebral infarction, cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM), Moya Moya disease, cerebral hemorrhage, dementia, neurologic disorders, epilepsy, and psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, mania, and alcoholism. TOC:Background and Principles.- Basic Principles of MRS.- Understanding of the Spectrum.- MRS of Healthy Individuals.- Brain Tumors.- Cerebral Infarction.- Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) and Moya Moya Disease.- Cerebral Hemorrhage.- MRS of Dementia.- Nervous Disorders.- Epilepsy.- Psychiatric Disorders.

Akihiro Igata, Tetsuhiko Asakura, Toshiro Fujimoto

Background and Principles. Basic Principles of MRS. Understanding of the Spectrum. MRS of Healthy Individuals. Brain Tumors. Cerebral Infarction. Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) and Moya Moya Disease. Cerebral Hemorrhage. MRS of Dementia. Nervous Disorders. Epilepsy. Psychiatric Disorders.