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Over the last decade, some of the greatest achievements in the field of neuroimaging have been related to remarkable advances in magnetic resonance techniques, including diffusion, perfusion, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and functional MRI. Such techniques have provided valuable insights into tissue microstructure, microvasculature, metabolism and brain connectivity. Previously available mostly in research environments, these techniques are now becoming part of everyday clinical practice in a plethora of clinical MR systems. Nevertheless, despite growing interest and wider acceptance, there remains a lack of a comprehensive body of knowledge on the subject, exploring the intrinsic complexity and physical difficulty of the techniques. This book focuses on the basic principles and theories of diffusion, perfusion, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and functional MRI. It also explores their clinical applications and places emphasis on the associated artifacts and pitfalls with a comprehensive and didactic approach. This book aims to bridge the gap between research applications and clinical practice. It will serve as an educational manual for neuroimaging researchers and radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and physicists with an interest in advanced MR techniques. It will also be a useful reference text for experienced clinical scientists who wish to optimize their multi-parametric imaging approach.

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Medical imaging, and Magnetic Resonance (MR) in particular, have revolutionized medical care over the past 4 decades in ways unimaginable prior to the introduction of MR. Advanced MR Neuroimaging represents a fundamental tool in understanding brain pathologies and function. It is no wonder then, that with the critical role MR plays and the rapid innovations in computer technology, that advances in the capabilities and complexity of MR imaging continues to evolve. An up to date complete and authoritative educational and reference volume covering the entire spectrum of advanced MR neuroimaging is a difficult task to accomplish, but the book edited by Dr Tsougos excels in meeting this need. This book is written by an international author recognized worldwide as a leaders in his field and his extensive experience and practical knowledge is logically presented, well organized and brilliantly visualized. This book consists of comprehensive chapters devoted to all the key areas of advanced MR imaging: Diffusion, Perfusion, Spectroscopy, functional---MRI and multi parametric MR Imaging. Advanced MR neuroimaging is a comprehensive text and all the chapters are comprehensive. The book is wonderfully well illustrated. I warmly recommend this text to researchers who are interested in a comprehensive introduction to advanced MR neuroimaging. - Professor Luca Saba, Chair of Department of Radiology, Univeristy of Cagliari This book is a timely and useful resource for anyone who is interested in advanced magnetic resonance methods as applied to the brain. The approach adopted by the author is very informative and easy to navigate, with chapters devoted to four major techniques (Diffusion, Perfusion, MRS and fMRI), each one immediately followed by an Artifacts and Pitfalls chapter with hints and tips on practical implementation. The book is rounded off with a chapter on the assessment of cerebral tumours by multiparametric MR, which ties everything together. Tsougos' book will be especially useful for graduate students entering the field, but is of equal relevance to established researchers seeking a one-stop overview of current methods. - David J. Lurie, Professor in Biomedical Physics, University of Aberdeen

I highly recommend Advanced MR Neuroimaging, From Theory to Clinical Practice by Dr Ioannis Tsougos. This book fills a gap in the market at the moment: providing an up-to-date one-stop-shop for the main MR methods most commonly used in clinical practice. It is rare to find a book that covers these techniques in a single text, including how best to use them and their pitfalls, before putting them in the context of a thorough clinical example. The book can be read at different levels, each chapter providing both an overview of the techniques, in accessible language (with Focus Point boxes for quick reference), and also adding depth for those wanting more details. The Artefacts and Pitfalls of ... chapters are also a welcome addition enabling clinicians and scientists to understand the limitations of the techniques and how to best implement them. The last chapter puts everything in context by providing in-depth and comprehensive coverage of how multimodal neuroimaging could best be used in the assessment of cerebral tumours. I will certainly recommend this book to my colleagues and students as both a perfect introduction to the field, and, at the same time, as a clear and concise way to delve deeper into the MR methods that are now routinely used in the clinic. -Dr Vincent Giampietro, Senior Lecturer and MSc Neuroimaging Programme Leader, King's College London It was a pleasure to read the book Advanced MR Neuroimaging by Dr. Tsougos. Medical imaging, and Magnetic Resonance (MR) in particular, have revolutionized medical care over the past 4 decades in ways unimaginable prior to the introduction of MR. Advanced MR Neuroimaging represents a fundamental tool in understanding brain pathologies and function. It is no wonder then, that with the critical role MR plays and the rapid innovations in computer technology, that advances in the capabilities and complexity of MR imaging continues to evolve. An up to date complete and authoritative educational and reference volume covering the entire spectrum of advanced MR neuroimaging is a difficult task to accomplish, but the book edited by Dr Tsougos excels in meeting this need. This book is written by an international author recognized worldwide as a leaders in his field and his extensive experience and practical knowledge is logically presented, well organized and brilliantly visualized. This book consists of comprehensive chapters devoted to all the key areas of advanced MR imaging: Diffusion, Perfusion, Spectroscopy, functional---MRI and multi parametric MR Imaging. Advanced MR Neuroimaging is a comprehensive text and all the chapters are comprehensive. The book is wonderfully well illustrated. I warmly recommend this text to researchers who are interested in a comprehensive introduction to advanced MR neuroimaging. - Professor Luca Saba, Chair of Department of Radiology, Univeristy of Cagliari This book is a timely and useful resource for anyone who is interested in advanced magnetic resonance methods as applied to the brain. The approach adopted by the author is very informative and easy to navigate, with chapters devoted to four major techniques (Diffusion, Perfusion, MRS and fMRI), each one immediately followed by an Artifacts and Pitfalls chapter with hints and tips on practical implementation. The book is rounded off with a chapter on the assessment of cerebral tumours by multiparametric MR, which ties everything together. Tsougos' book will be especially useful for graduate students entering the field, but is of equal relevance to established researchers seeking a one-stop overview of current methods. - David J. Lurie, Professor in Biomedical Physics, University of Aberdeen

The book entitled Advanced MR Neuroimaging - From Theory to Clinical Practice by Professor Ioannis Tsougos represents a smooth and yet comprehensive introduction to four of the most important methods in the field of MR neuroimaging...Professor Tsougos has chosen four advanced MR imaging techniques, namely Diffusion and Perfusion MRI, MR spectroscopy, and functional MRI, to include in his book. These methods are introduced from theoretical basics to clinically relevant aspects and their application in clinical MR neuroimaging routine. These explanations are complemented by a separate chapter for artifacts and pitfalls in each of the four methods...The author starts each section with focus points to raise the reader's awareness of key features and essential concepts covered, which make it especially for beginners in the field accessible to get oriented...This book can be recommended to researchers and basic scientist making their first steps in neuroimaging. It will also help clinical scientists, who want to extend their knowledge in multi-parametric neuroimaging. Although many recent techniques like ASL and resting-state fMRI are included in their corresponding chapters, some of the most recent developments in Diffusion MRI or in other advanced neuroimaging techniques like quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) or MR elastography are not covered in the book. However, publishing a complete and educational volume covering the entire spectrum of advanced MR neuroimaging and serving as a reference is a difficult task to accomplish, since this field is highly active and continuously growing. Notwithstanding the above, I can highly recommend this well-illustrated book to all neuroimaging researchers, radiologists and neurosurgeons with interest in advanced MR techniques as well as to students in the medical field. - Dr. Daniel Gullmar in European Medical Physics News, Issue 01/2020 (Spring) The book entitled Advanced MR Neuroimaging - From Theory to Clinical Practice by Professor Ioannis Tsougos represents a smooth and yet comprehensive introduction to four of the most important methods in the field of MR neuroimaging...Professor Tsougos has chosen four advanced MR imaging techniques, namely Diffusion and Perfusion MRI, MR spectroscopy, and functional MRI, to include in his book. These methods are introduced from theoretical basics to clinically relevant aspects and their application in clinical MR neuroimaging routine. These explanations are complemented by a separate chapter for artifacts and pitfalls in each of the four methods...The author starts each section with focus points to raise the reader's awareness of key features and essential concepts covered, which make it especially for beginners in the field accessible to get oriented...This book can be recommended to researchers and basic scientist making their first steps in neuroimaging. It will also help clinical scientists, who want to extend their knowledge in multi-parametric neuroimaging. Although many recent techniques like ASL and resting-state fMRI are included in their corresponding chapters, some of the most recent developments in Diffusion MRI or in other advanced neuroimaging techniques like quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) or MR elastography are not covered in the book. However, publishing a complete and educational volume covering the entire spectrum of advanced MR neuroimaging and serving as a reference is a difficult task to accomplish, since this field is highly active and continuously growing. Notwithstanding the above, I can highly recommend this well-illustrated book to all neuroimaging researchers, radiologists and neurosurgeons with interest in advanced MR techniques as well as to students in the medical field. - Dr. Daniel Gullmar in European Medical Physics News, Issue 01/2020 (Spring)

Medical imaging, and Magnetic Resonance (MR) in particular, have revolutionized medical care over the past 4 decades in ways unimaginable prior to the introduction of MR. Advanced MR Neuroimaging represents a fundamental tool in understanding brain pathologies and function. It is no wonder then, that with the critical role MR plays and the rapid innovations in computer technology, that advances in the capabilities and complexity of MR imaging continues to evolve. An up to date complete and authoritative educational and reference volume covering the entire spectrum of advanced MR neuroimaging is a difficult task to accomplish, but the book edited by Dr Tsougos excels in meeting this need. This book is written by an international author recognized worldwide as a leaders in his field and his extensive experience and practical knowledge is logically presented, well organized and brilliantly visualized. This book consists of comprehensive chapters devoted to all the key areas of advanced MR imaging: Diffusion, Perfusion, Spectroscopy, functional---MRI and multi parametric MR Imaging. Advanced MR neuroimaging is a comprehensive text and all the chapters are comprehensive. The book is wonderfully well illustrated. I warmly recommend this text to researchers who are interested in a comprehensive introduction to advanced MR neuroimaging. - Pofessor Luca Saba, Chair of Department of Radiology, Univeristy of Cagliari

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Dr. Ioannis Tsougos holds a BSc in Physics and an MSc and a PhD in Medical Physics. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Medical Radiation Physics at the Medical School of the University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece and a Visiting Researcher in the Neuroimaging Division at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK. He has authored more than 70 research papers and 10 international book chapters. He is a member of the EFOMP, ESR, and ESMRMB.

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