Functional Neuroimaging

ANDREI I. HOLODNY is Professor of Radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Attending Neuroradiologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA. He is the Chief of the Neuroradiology Section and Director of the Functional MRI Laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. Dr. Holodny is the Founding President of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology and past-President of the Eastern Neuroradiological Society. Dr. Holodny’s studies concentrate principally on functional imaging of central nervous system tumors including blood oxygen level dependent functional MRI and diffusion tractography.

BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DEPENDANT FUNCTIONAL MRI (BOLD FMRI). A Historical Perspective on Functional Neuroimaging. Physical Principles of Bold fMRI – What Is Important for the Clinician. Preparing the Patient for the fMRI Study. Optimization of Paradigm Selection and Delivery. Methods of Analysis. Fact or Artifact? Language. Vision, Memory and Higher Cortical Function. Cortical Plasticity. Functional Image Guided Neurosurgery. Developmental Disorders. Neurodegenerative Disorders. DIFFUSION IMAGING. Diffusion Imaging and Tensor Physics for the Clinician. Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Stroke. Diffusion Imaging in Brain Tumors and Treatment Response. DTI of Developmental and Pediatric Disorders. DTI of Neurodegenerative Disorders. DTI and Diffusion Tractography in Brain Tumor Patients. PERFUSION IMAGING. Physical Principles. MR Perfusion Imaging of Tumors and Related Conditions. MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (MEG). Principles. Brain Tumors. Seizure Disorders. CLINICAL MOLECULAR IMAGING AND EMERGING NEUROIMAGING APPLICATIONS. Pharmaceutical Agents for Molecular Imaging. In Vivo Tracking of Stem Cells in the CNS (MR, Optical). Monitoring Neuroregeneration and Cell Repair (PET, MR, Optical). Other Experimental Therapeutics. Immunoimaging in the Brain (PET Reporter Technology)