Neuroimaging I
Subtitle: Basic Science
By: edited by Erin D. Bigler
Series: Human Brain Function, Assessment and Rehabilitation; Human Brain Function, Assessment and Rehabilitation
Publisher: Springer US; Imprint; Springer
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781489917010; 9781489917034
Subjects: Psychology, clinical; Neurosciences; Neuropsychology; Psychiatry; Clinical psychology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health
Description: The first of two parts, this state-of-the-art handbook examines the current status of brain imaging technologies and their use in investigations of human brain function. Experts explore magnetic resonance imaging, major imaging techniques, and clinical syndromes. The text is accompanied by extensive illustrations, color plates, and a comprehensive atlas of the brain based on MRI images. This work benefits clinical and research professionals, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows in the fields of neuropsychology, behavioral neurology, neuropsychiatry, and neurosciences.
Table of contents: title: 1 Introduction; title: I Overview; title: 2 Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis; title: 3 Imaging the Developing Human Brain; title: II Basic Methods and Techniques; title: 4 A Normative Database from Magnetic Resonance Imaging; title: 5 Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Cognition; title: 6 Cerebral Asymmetries and Corpus Callosum Morphology; title: 7 Imaging the Neurocognitive Networks of the Human Brain; title: 8 Magnetoencephalography; title: 9 A Computerized Three-Dimensional Atlas of the Human Skull and Brain; title: 10 Neurobehavioral Probes as Applied in Physiological Neuroimaging Studies: Methodological Considerations; title: III Appendix; title: 11 MRI Brain Atlas.