Intraoperative Ultrasound (IOUS) in Neurosurgery

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General aspects: Clinical US, historical aspects.- US physics, basic principles and clinical application.- B-mode ultrasound: Ultrasound system set up and general semeiology.- Echographic brain semeiology and topographic anatomy according to surgical approaches.- Intraoperative findings in brain tumor surgery.- IOUS B-mode intra-operative findings in spinal lesions.- IOUS B-mode intra-operative findings in peripheral nerve pathologies.- Multimodal imaging in glioma surgery.- Doppler imaging: Basic principles and clinical application.- Intra-operative Ultrasound, Fusion imaging and Virtual Navigation: Virtual navigation and interventional procedures. Navigable ultrasound, 3D ultrasound and fusion imaging in neurosurgery.- Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS): Basic principles, general application and future trends.- CEUS in neurosurgery.- Elastosonography: Ultrasound Elastography

"This is a well-illustrated monograph of 200 pages on 2D, 3D, Doppler, B-Mode Elastography, and Ultrasound imaging of gliomas, aneurysms, AVMs, and other vascular anomalies. ... The book is richly illustrated with full color pictures. ... This is essential reading material for all neurosurgeons using ultrasound." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, July, 2016)