This is Our Brain (eBook)

Dr. Jeroen Hendrikse is professor in radiology with a focus on brain imaging at the University Medical Centre Utrecht, which is the second largest hospital in The Netherlands. He has developed innovative MRI scans to study brain infarcts and the cerebral vasculature. He worked as a researcher at the Johns Hopkins University and received prestigious national and international prizes and grants. He is responsible for the continuous medical educational program for radiologists in the Netherlands.                 .

1.    CT and MRI scanners: the basics2.    CT and MRI scans: different types of photos3.    Brain anatomy4.    White spots5.    Brain shrinkage6.    Silent infarcts7.    Small old bleedings8.    More space around the blood vessels9.    Brain infarcts10.    Brain bleedings11.    Blockage of a draining blood vessel12.    Sinusitis with filling of air spaces13.    Multiple sclerosis (MS)14.    Herniation of the disc between spinal vertebrae15.    Stenosis of the spinal canal16.    Arteries in the neck region17.    Arteries within the skull18.    Rupture of a blood vessel19.    Fractures of the skull20.    Bleeding after an accident21.    Fractures of vertebrae22.    Brain infection23.    Causes of epilepsy24.    Brain tumor: not aggressive25.    Brain tumor: aggressive26.    Brain tumor: distant cause27.    Spinal tumor: distant cause28.    Too much brain water29.    Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease30.    Too much blood vessels31.    Tumour at the brain surface32.    More brain infarcts at the same time33.    Tumor from a nerve34.    Tumor from a gland35.    Ear infection36.    The eye and the optic nerve37.    The small brain38.    The brain from 0 to 10039.    The brain after and operation40.    Many secrets