RT Book, Section
A1 Zapadka, Michael E.
A1 Bradbury, Michelle S.
A1 Williams, Daniel W.
A2 Chen, Michael Y.M.
A2 Pope, Thomas L.
A2 Ott, David J.
SR Print(0)
ID 6671518
T1 Chapter 12. Brain and Its Coverings
T2 Basic Radiology, 2e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162708-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6671518
RD 2024/04/19
AB Technological  advances  in  radiology  during  the  past  30  years  have  vastly  improved  our  ability  to  diagnose  neurologic  diseases.  Prior  to  the  introduction  of  computed  tomography  (CT)  in  1974,  neuroradiologic  examinations  of  the  brain  consisted  primarily  of  plain  films  of  the  skull,  cerebral  arteriography,  pneumoencephalography,  and  conventional  nuclear  medicine  studies.  Unfortunately,  these  techniques,  for  the  most  part,  provided  only  indirect  information  about  suspected  intracranial  processes,  were  insensitive  in  detecting  subtle  or  early  brain  lesions,  or  were  potentially  harmful  to  the  patient.  Computed  tomography  revolutionized  the  radiologic  workup  of  central  nervous  system  (CNS)  abnormalities  because  for  the  first  time  normal  and  abnormal  structures  could  be  directly  visualized  with  minimal  risk  to  the  patient.