This is Our Brain

Front Matter....Pages i-x
CT and MRI Scans: The Basic Principles....Pages 1-4
CT and MRI Scans: Different Types of Images....Pages 5-8
The Anatomy of the Human Brain....Pages 9-14
White Spots....Pages 15-18
Shrinking Brain....Pages 19-20
Silent Infarcts....Pages 21-22
Previous Microbleeds....Pages 23-26
More Room Around the Blood Vessels....Pages 27-28
Cerebral Infarction....Pages 29-32
Intracranial Haemorrhages....Pages 33-36
Blockage of a Blood Vessel Carrying Blood from the Brain....Pages 37-40
Blocked Paranasal Sinuses....Pages 41-44
Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 45-48
Bulging Intervertebral Discs....Pages 49-52
Spinal Stenosis....Pages 53-56
Blood Vessels of the Neck....Pages 57-60
The Intracranial Blood Vessels....Pages 61-64
Ruptured Aneurysm....Pages 65-68
Skull Fractures....Pages 69-72
Post-accident Haematoma....Pages 73-76
Vertebral Fracture....Pages 77-80
Encephalitis....Pages 81-84
The Causes of Epilepsy....Pages 85-88
Non-aggressive Brain Tumours....Pages 89-92
Aggressive Brain Tumours....Pages 93-96
Metastatic Brain Tumours....Pages 97-100
Metastatic Spinal Tumours....Pages 101-104
Too Much Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 105-108
Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 109-112
Arteriovenous Malformation....Pages 113-116
Tumours Arising from the Meninges....Pages 117-120
Co-occurring Multiple Cerebral Infarcts....Pages 121-124
Vestibular Schwannoma....Pages 125-128
Pituitary Adenomas....Pages 129-132
Otitis: Inflammation of the Ear....Pages 133-136
The Eyes and the Optic Nerve....Pages 137-140
The Cerebellum....Pages 141-144
The Brain, Age 0 to Age 100....Pages 145-148
The Post-operative Brain....Pages 149-152
Many Things Remain Unknown....Pages 153-156
Back Matter....Pages 157-158