Imaging of Brain Metabolism Spine and Cord Interventional Neuroradiology Free Communications: XVth Congress of the European Society of Neuroradiology Würzburg, September 13th–17th, 1988

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
In Vivo Characterization of Pituitary Adenomas Using Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 3-5
Early Changes in Regional Cerebral Metabolic Rates for Glucose and Oxygen and in Regional Cerebral Blood Flow of Malignant Gliomas After Intraarterial Chemotherapy with ACNU: Positron Emission Tomography Studies in 14 Patients....Pages 7-10
PET in the Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Treatment in Dementias....Pages 11-14
Image-Guided Localized 31 P NMR Spectroscopy of the Human Brain: Preliminary Clinical Results....Pages 15-17
Potentials of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Neuroradiology....Pages 19-25
Brain Infarction: SPECT Examination of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow (RCBF) and Volume (RCBV) Compared with Gadolinium (Gd)-DTPA-Enhanced MRI....Pages 27-30
Emerging Clinical Application of Phosphorous Chemical Shift Imaging of Neoplastic Disease....Pages 31-31
The PET Revolution in the Neurosciences....Pages 32-32
PET in the Evaluation of Response to Treatment of Brain Tumours....Pages 33-33
PET in Brain Gliomas — Biological and Morphological Aspects....Pages 35-38
PET Studies in Cerebro-Vascular Disorders....Pages 39-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
MR Anatomy of the Spine and Spinal Cord....Pages 43-49
Craniocervical Junction: MR Study of Normal Paravertebral Soft Tissues and Bony Structures....Pages 51-52
Spinal CSF Pulsations....Pages 53-57
CSF Pulsations in the Cervical Region Studied by MRI....Pages 59-61
DOPE — A Fast Method to Measure CSF Motion....Pages 63-68
Analysis of Spinal CSF-Flow Phenomena with an MR Cine Mode Using Fast Sequences. Demonstration by MR-Movie....Pages 69-71
Comparison of Strategies for CSF and Blood Flow Motion Artifacts Suppression in T2-Weighted Spin-Echo MR Imaging of the Spine....Pages 73-75
Gadolinium DTPA in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Spinal Tumours and Angiomas....Pages 77-86
MR in Craniocervical Malformation....Pages 87-90
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Normal Postnatal Maturation of the Spine....Pages 91-91
Vascular Anatomy and Microangiography of the Spinal Cord....Pages 91-91
Brain Stem Anatomy and MRI....Pages 92-92
Craniocervical Juncture : MRI vs CT in Congenital and Acquired Diseases....Pages 92-92
Lesions Involving the Foramen Magnum: Diagnostic Management....Pages 93-96
Tumors of the Craniocervical Junction: Experiences with Conventional and Special MRI Techniques....Pages 97-100
Value of Paramagnetic Contrast Agents in the Evaluation of the Craniocervical Junction by MRI....Pages 101-104
The Craniocervical Junction in Skeletal Dysplasia: MRI in Flexion and Extension....Pages 105-108
Diagnostic Concept of Spinal Tumours Results of 235 Patients....Pages 109-112
Difficulties in Intubation For Cervical Surgery: Airway Assessment with Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 113-115
MR of the Spine in Breast Cancer....Pages 117-117
MR in Lumbar Spondylolisthesis....Pages 117-117
MRI of Postoperative Lumbar Spine after Surgery: Assessment of Recurrent Herniated Disk....Pages 119-123
MR Post-Diskectomy Imaging....Pages 125-129
Spinal Dysraphism — Assessment of the Role of MR Imaging....Pages 131-134
Diagnosis of Lumbar Dysraphias by CT Myelography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 135-141
Lumbosacral Spinal Dysraphism — Examination with MRI Compared with Conventional Modalities: Management and Recommendations....Pages 143-146
The Anatomic Basis of Vertebrogenic Pain in Lumbar Disc Extrusion: A Retrospective MR Study....Pages 147-150
MRI in Degenerative Disease of the Lumbosacral Disc....Pages 151-155
MRI in Spinal Dysraphism — Findings in 90 Children and Adolescents....Pages 157-157
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
3D Gradient Echo Sequences in Examinations of the Spine....Pages 158-158
Clinical Use of Three-Dimensional Spinal Computer Tomograpy....Pages 159-162
Significance of Modern Imaging Techniques in Patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia....Pages 163-166
Diagnosis of Vertebrospinal Vascular Malformations: 10 Years of Experience....Pages 167-171
Pathophysiology of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: A Hemodynamic Approach....Pages 173-178
Cystic Necrosis in Compressive Cervical Myelopathy: A Comparison of Myelo CT and MRI....Pages 179-182
Contrast Enhanced MRI of Infectious Spondylitis....Pages 183-186
MRI of Syringomyelia: Comparison of Pre-Postoperative Results with Clinical Symptoms....Pages 187-190
Low Flip Angle Gradient Echo MRI of the Cervical Spine at 0.3 Tesla....Pages 191-191
MRI Detection of Intramedullary Ischemia Due to Cervical Spondylosis....Pages 192-192
Computer Aided Analytic Morphometry of Posterior Intervertebral Articulations....Pages 193-196
Spinal Cord Puncture: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aspects....Pages 197-200
Clinical Relevance of Surface Coil Images Corrected by Homomorphic Filtering....Pages 201-204
Effects of Gadolinium Complexes on Spinal Cord Cell Cultures....Pages 205-205
Gadolinium Enhancement in MR of Suspected Spinal Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 206-206
The Role of MRI in the Assessment of Lesions of the Conus and Lower Cord....Pages 207-210
MR and Radionuclear Bone Scan in Evaluation of Spinal Metastases....Pages 211-214
Improvement of Myelography by Application of Digital Radiography....Pages 215-218
The Value of MRI in the Pre- and Postsurgical Evaluation of Cervical Spine Disease....Pages 219-222
Spinal Cord Lesions Due to Cervical Myelopathy. Pre- and Postoperative MRI Findings....Pages 223-232
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Delay of Tibial F-Wave Response after Lumbar Myeloradiculography....Pages 233-236
MR Imaging and Gadolinium Enhancement of Spinal Epidural Sepsis....Pages 237-237
Intramedullary Lipoma....Pages 237-237
Embryonal and Fetal Vascularisation of the Spinal Cord: Microangiographic Examinations....Pages 239-242
Spinal Cord Sonography in Post-Laminectomy Tumour Patients....Pages 243-246
MR Evaluation with Gadolinium of the Spine in Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Metastatic Disease and Posttreatment Control....Pages 247-247
Compression of the Cervical Spinal Cord in Mucopolysacharidosis....Pages 247-247
Lumbar Facet Joint Syndrome. A Randomized Prospective Trial....Pages 249-252
Width of the Cervical Spinal Canal in Multiple Sclerosis and Its Significance for Therapy....Pages 253-256
Tethered Spinal Cord: Reliability of Conventional Myelography and Postoperative Follow-up in 30 Patients....Pages 257-260
Myelographic Presentation of Meningeal Carcinomatosis....Pages 261-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Endosaccular Treatment via the Endovascular Approach of the So-called Surgical Subarachnoid Aneurysms: A New Technique....Pages 267-276
Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial AVMs by Means of Wing Microcatheter: Technique, Clinical and Pathological Results....Pages 277-280
Embolization of Brain AVMs with Flow-Independent Microcatheters....Pages 281-281
Balloon Occlusion of Internal Carotid for the Treatment of Giant Inoperable Aneurysms....Pages 282-282
Endovascular Treatment of a Giant Fusiform Aneurysm of the Basilar Artery. Case Report.....Pages 282-282
Cerebral Arterio-Venous Fistulas Treated by Endovascular Procedure....Pages 283-283
The “Creeping Balloon”: An Alternative Technique for the Treatment of the Difficult Carotid-Cavernous Fistulas....Pages 285-287
Embolization of Cerebral AVMs: Experience with Nine Cases....Pages 289-294
Therapeutic Embolization of Vascular Malformations of the Head and Neck: Indications, Technique, Results....Pages 295-298
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Thrombus Formation: Structure and Evolution in Intracranial Aneurysms Treated by Balloon Occlusion....Pages 299-302
Silk Suture Embolization of High Flow Vascular Malformations....Pages 303-303
Local Intraarterial Fibrinolysis in the Carotid Territory. Risk Factors....Pages 303-303
Advances in the Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral AVMs....Pages 305-309
Therapeutic Embolization in Vertebrospinal Vascular Malformations — Ten-Year Experience....Pages 311-315
Spinal Aneurysms Associated with Spinal Cord AVMs....Pages 317-317
Endovascular Treatment of Intramedullary Dorsal Angiomas. Report of 35 Cases....Pages 318-318
Endovascular Treatment of Hemangioblastomas....Pages 318-318
The Cobb — Syndrome or Metameric Angiomatosis....Pages 319-319
Pre-operative Embolization of Naso-pharyngeal Angiofibromas. Report of 58 Cases....Pages 319-319
Embolization: A Definitive Treatment for Meningiomas ? (Three Cases)....Pages 320-320
Endovascular Treatment of Mandibular Arteriovenous Angiomas....Pages 320-320
Percutaneous Angioplasty of Supraaortic Arteries — Experiences with 120 Patients....Pages 321-321
Embolization in Untractable Epistaxis....Pages 323-326
PTA of Carotid Artery Stenosis — Clinical Neuroradio- logical and EEG-Findings Before and After Treatment....Pages 327-328
Percutaneous Transluminal Angioscopy of Supraaortic Branches and Angioscopical Control of PTA....Pages 329-332
Long-Term Follow-up After Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) of the Subclavian Artery....Pages 333-336
PTA of Subclavian Artery: A Special Technique, Short and Long Term Results 2–6 Years After Treatment....Pages 337-340
Percutaneous Nucleotomy of the Lumbar Disk: Method and Preliminary Results....Pages 341-344
Prognosis and Treatment Possibilities in Occipital Dural Arteriovenous Malformations....Pages 345-354
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Stereotaxy Within the CT Scanner: A Safe and Fast Technique For Puncture and Biopsy....Pages 355-357
Specificity of CT Diagnosis Assessed by Stereotaxic Brain Biopsy. A Retrospective Analysis of 180 Cases....Pages 359-361
Ultrasound Guided Biospy for Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Lesions....Pages 363-367
A Simple CT Targeting Device for Percutaneous Biopsy and Chemonucleolysis....Pages 369-372
Artificial Cerebrovascular Infarction in Baboons — A New Technique Using an Endovascular Approach....Pages 373-378
Design of a New Four-Chambered Balloon Catheter for Supraaortic Angioplasty....Pages 379-379
Non-superselective Intraarterial Chemotherapy with HECNU. Followed by Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Unoperable Malignant Gliomas....Pages 379-379
Transcranial Doppier Sonography in Interventional Neuroradiology....Pages 380-380
Significance of Intraoperative Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements in Endovascular Occlusion of the Internal Carotid and Middle Cerebral Arteries....Pages 380-380
The Present Role of ADSA in Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology....Pages 381-384
Preoperative Embolization and Laser-Assisted Microsurgery of Intracranial Meningiomas....Pages 385-388
Critical Evaluation of MRI and Percutaneous Ultrasound Following Spinal Intra- and Extramedullary Shunting: Long-term Results After Drainage Procedure of Syringomyella and Cystic Lesions in 21 Patients....Pages 389-396
Haemodynamics in Interventional Neuroradiology....Pages 397-397
Radiological and CT Features of Secondary Amyloid Arthropathy as a Frequent Complication of Chronic Hemodyalysis: Spinal Localisation....Pages 398-398
Front Matter....Pages 399-399
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Isolated Optic Neuritis....Pages 401-403
Multiple Sclerosis and Corpus Callosum Atrophy: Relationship of MRI Findings to Clinical Data....Pages 405-407
Gadolinium-DTPA Enhanced MRI in Multiple Sclerosis: A New Method to Monitor Disease Activity and Treatment Efficacy....Pages 409-412
Clinical and MRI Study of Unilateral Thalamic Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 413-417
Serial Clinical and MRI Study of Diffuse Cerebral White Matter Changes in Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 419-423
MR and CSF Findings in the Differentiation Between Optic Neuritis and Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 425-425
Front Matter....Pages 427-427
Neuroradiological Evaluation of AIDS Patients: A Prospective Study....Pages 429-432
Radiological Findings in HIV-Infected Patients in Relation to Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Immunological CSF Findings....Pages 433-436
Further Experience with the Diagnosis of Brain Diseases in 120 Patients with AIDS....Pages 437-440
Abnormalities of the White Matter Demonstrated by MR in 50 HIV Seropositive and 140 AIDS Patients....Pages 441-441
Prospective Study of Neurological Complications in HIV Infections Evaluated by MRI, CT and Clinical Examination....Pages 442-442
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
The Transcerebral Venous System....Pages 445-448
Cerebral Venous Angiomas (CVA) A Retrospective Study on 16 Patients....Pages 449-452
MR Diagnosis of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis....Pages 453-456
Intracranial Medullary Venous Malformations....Pages 457-457
Evolution of Durai Sinus Thrombosis. A Study with Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 458-458
Front Matter....Pages 459-459
Correlative Study Between Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Pituitary Gland in 80 Patients with Hyperprolactinemia....Pages 461-465
MRI of Pituitary Adenomas: Comparison with CT....Pages 467-467
MRI of Pituitary Adenomas: Role of Gd-DTPA....Pages 468-468
MR Imaging Detection of Pituitary and Brain Anomalies in Pituitary Dwarfs....Pages 469-472
MRI and CT of Sella and Brain in Turner’s Syndrom....Pages 473-475
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
MR Angiography of Cerebrovascular Disease....Pages 479-482
Regional Cerebral Blood Volume and Blood-Brain Barrier Disturbance in Cerebral Infarcts in the Lesion Site and Contralateral....Pages 483-485
The Specific Diagnosis of Enhancing Ring Lesions with Calculated Dynamic CT....Pages 487-490
MR Imaging of Intraventricular Lesions....Pages 491-491
Idiopathic Cranial Pachymeningitis. Assessment with CT and MR Imaging....Pages 492-492
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
Do Old Patients with Down’s Syndrome Develop Premature Brain Atrophy?....Pages 493-496
Radiological and Neuropathological Findings in Gliomatosis Cerebri of Young Age....Pages 497-507
Optimized Demonstration of Cerebral Blood Flow with Colour Coded Xenon CT....Pages 509-512
Tissue Characterization by NMR Tissue Parameters Results in 160 Patients with Brain Tumours....Pages 513-513
MR Imaging of Hypothalamic Hamartomas....Pages 514-514
Quality Analysis of DSA Equipment....Pages 515-518
Pattern Recognition in MR Images of Myelin Disorders....Pages 519-523
Intraocular Tumours in Adults : MRI versus CT....Pages 525-525
Intraocular Tumours in Children: MRI versus CT?....Pages 526-526
MR Findings in Vermian-Cerebellar Hypoplasia....Pages 527-532
Intraarterial Chemotherapy of WHO Grade IV Cerebral Gliomas with the Nitrosourea Derivate 1-(4-Amino-2-Methyl-5-Pyrimidinyl)-Methyl- (2-Chlorethyl)-3-Nitrosourea (ACNU)....Pages 533-536
Dynamic CT Scanning of the Cavernous Sinus....Pages 537-540
Color 3-D CT Imaging Reconstruction of Bones, Blood Vessels and Tumors....Pages 541-544
Calculated Dynamic CT....Pages 545-545
Lacunar versus Non-lacunar Stroke: Clinical and Radiological Differentiation....Pages 546-546
Neurofibromatosis Type 2: MR Evaluation and Clinical Correlation....Pages 547-549
Magnetic Resonance in the Characterization of Vascular Lesions....Pages 551-554
The Effect of Omnipaque and Hexabrix on the Calibre of Human Cerebral Arteries....Pages 555-558
Initial Clinical Results with the Paramagnetic MR Contrast Agent Gd-DOTA in the Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Lesions....Pages 559-562
Ultrasound Imaging of Brain Pathology Through a Skull Defect....Pages 563-568
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
MRI in Parkinson-Plus Syndromes: Differences Between Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Shy-Drager Syndrome (SDS)....Pages 569-569
MR Imaging of Posterior Fossa Hemangioblastomas....Pages 570-570
MR Imaging Evaluation of Intracranial Lesions with Gadolinium Enhancement in 500 Cases. Histopathologic Correlation....Pages 570-570
Magnetic Resonance Appearance of Angiographically Silent Slow Flow Angiomas of the Brain Stem....Pages 571-571
Intracranial Giant Aneurysms Caused by Radiation Damage....Pages 573-575
MRT/CT Correlations in Patients Years After Severe Head Injury Combined with Mid-Brain Syndrome....Pages 577-579
Neurophysiologic Assessment of Neural Tolerance of a New Paramagnetic Complex....Pages 581-584
Tumours of the Brainstem. Clinical and Radiological Aspects and Statistical Evaluation....Pages 585-588
MRI of Callosal Dysgenesis....Pages 589-592
Clinico-Radiological Aspects of the Hypoplastic Internal Carotid Artery Syndrome....Pages 593-596
Information System for Radiologists....Pages 597-602
MRI Multicenter Study — Clinical Evaluation....Pages 603-603
Neurenteric Cyst of Bronchogenic Origin....Pages 604-604
MR of Brain Metastases....Pages 605-608
MRI of Intrapetrous Bone Tumors (Except Acoustic Neuromas)....Pages 609-614
Significance of Virchow Robin Spaces in Magnetic Resonance Images of the Brain....Pages 615-615
Comparison of MR and CT in Patients with Intracranial Aneurysm Clips....Pages 616-616
Tentorial Meningiomas: Neuroradiological Considerations....Pages 617-621
Secondary High Flow Dural Arteriovenous Malformation (DAVMs) with Venous Drainage into a Venous Angioma After Neurosurgical Treatment of a Cavernous Angioma — A Case Presentation....Pages 623-626
Comparative Study of Ultrasound, MRI, CT, and Myopathological Findings in Generalized Neuromuscular Diseases....Pages 627-630
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
CT Patterns of Recurrent Malignant Astrocytoma....Pages 631-633
Arterial Circulation in the Posterior Fossa — A Comparative Radioanatomy and Doppler Ultrasound Study....Pages 635-638
Radiological Manifestations of Aneurysmatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage After Acute Operation and Nimodipin Therapy....Pages 639-642
Passage of Ultrasound Contrast Medium (Gas Bubbles) into the Cerebral Circulation....Pages 643-643
Diagnostic Value of Paramagnetic Contrast Media in the MR Evaluation of Intracranial Extraaxial Tumors....Pages 645-648
Pulse-Synchronous Alterations of Contrast Density During Carotid Angiography....Pages 649-652
Ultrasound Contrast Phenomena During the Injection of Contrast Medium into the Carotid Arteries....Pages 653-653
Back Matter....Pages 655-673