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Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of the
Brain and Spine
FIFTH EDITION
Edited by
Scott W. Atlas, MD
David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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Names: Atlas, Scott W., 1955- editor.
Title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spine / edited by Scott W. Atlas.
Description: Fifth edition. | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016021554 | ISBN 9781469873206
Subjects: | MESH: Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Brain Diseases–diagnosis | Spinal Diseases–diagnosis | Diagnostic
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Contributing Authors
Martina Absinta,
PhD
Neuroimaging Research Unit
Institute of Experimental Neurology
Division of Neuroscience
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Milan, Italy
Paula Alcaide-Leon,
MD
Neuroradiology Fellow
Medical Imaging Department
St. Michael’s Hospital
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David C. Alsop,
PhD
Professor of Radiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Nolan R. Altman,
MD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Florida International University
Chief
Department of Radiology
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Miami, Florida
Scott W. Atlas,
MD
David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Richard I. Aviv,
MRCP, FRCR (UK), FRCP (C), DABR
Professor Medical Imaging
Associate Vice Chair
Research Brain, Spine and Nerve
Department of Medical Imaging
University of Toronto
Neuroradiologist
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peter J. Basser,
MD
Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics
National Institute of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Aditya Bharatha,
MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Imaging
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University of Toronto
Division Head of Neuroradiology
Department of Medical Imaging
St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Larissa T. Bilaniuk,
MD
Professor of Radiology
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Chief
Pediatric Neuroradiology & MRI
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Susan I. Blaser,
MD
Professor of Neuroradiology
Medical Imaging
University of Toronto
Pediatric Neuroradiologist
Diagnostic Imaging
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jerrold L. Boxerman,
MD
Associate Professor
Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Alpert Medical School
Rhode Island Hospital
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Richard A. Bronen,
MD
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Neurosurgery
Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Neurosurgery
Yale University School of Medicine
Vice Chair of Diagnostic Radiology
New Haven, Connecticut
Peter C. Brugger,
MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Bradley R. Buchbinder,
MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Clinical Functional MRI
Department of Radiology
Division of Neuroradiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Jan W. Casselman,
MD, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Ghent
Ghent, Belgium
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Chief Radiology
Department of Radiology—Medical Imaging
AZ St. Jan Brugge-Oostende av. Campus Bruges
Bruges, Belgium
Michael W. Chan,
MD
Radiology Resident
Department of Medical Imaging
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J. Levi Chazen,
MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Division of Neuroradiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Asim F. Choudhri,
MD
Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of Research Affairs Department of Radiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee
Sidney E. Croul,
MD, FRCPC
Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Anatomical Pathology
Dalhousie University
Professor
Pathology
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary Beth Cunnane,
MD
Instructor in Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Radiologist
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, Massachusetts
Hugh D. Curtin,
MD, FACR
Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Chief of Radiology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, Massachusetts
Leo F. Czervionke,
MD
Associate Professor/Consultant
Department of Radiology
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Consultant, Department of Radiology
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jacksonville, Florida
Francesco D’Amore,
MD
Research Fellow
Department of Radiology
Division of Neuroradiology
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Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Bradley N. Delman,
MD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Vice Chairman for Quality, Performance, and Clinical Research
Department of Radiology
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York
Sean C.L. Deoni
Brown University Advanced Baby Imaging Lab
School of Engineering, Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Department of Radiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Huy M. Do,
MD
Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Interventional Neuroradiologist/Endovascular Neurosurgeon
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
The Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital and Clinics
Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital
Stanford Stroke Center
Stanford, California
Massimo Filippi,
MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Head
Neuroimaging Research Unit
Division of Neuroscience
Institute of Experimental Neurology
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Milan, Italy
Adam E. Flanders,
MD
Professor of Radiology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Department of Radiology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley (RSCICDV)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kar-Ming Fung,
MD, PhD
Professor
Director of Neuropathology
Department of Pathology
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Alisa Gean,
MD
Professor
Department of Radiology
University of California-San Francisco
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San Francisco, California
Wende N. Gibbs,
MD, MA
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Attending Neuroradiologist
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
R. Gilberto González,
MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology
Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Director of Neuroradiology
Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
John C. Gore,
PhD
University Professor and Director
Institute of Imaging Science
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Gerlinde M. Gruber,
MD, MSc
University Assistant
Department of Systematic Anatomy
Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Vivek Gupta,
MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Consultant Neuroradiologist
Department of Radiology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
Victor M. Haughton,
MD
Emeritus Professor
Department of Radiology
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
Joseph E. Heiserman,
PhD, MD
Barrow Neurologic Institute
Phoenix, Arizona
Jeremy J. Heit,
MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Radiology
Interventional Neuroradiology Section
Stanford University
Attending Physician
Department of Radiology
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