Overview

Dating Neurological Injury: A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys presents a unique way to approach the dating of neurological injury as imaged by modern computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound (US). Chapters are presented in a logical progression beginning with the general appearance of normal brain and progressing to the way abnormalities manifest themselves. The emphasis in these discussions is on the appearance of edema and of hemorrhage, as these two findings are the brain’s most common response to injury. This volume presents in a systematic fashion the principles involved in the interpretation of images of the central nervous system specifically in a medical-legal setting where concern exists about the occurrence and timing of an injury. Dating Neurological Injury: A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys is a welcome addition to institutional, medical, and legal libraries, and to the personal libraries of malpractice defense and plaintiff lawyers and physicians in the neurosciences (neurosurgery, neurology, neuropathology, and neuroradiology) involved in medical-legal issues.

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Author:   Jeff L. Creasy
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781493939503

ISBN 10:   1493939505
Pages:   126
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Structure of the Normal Brain and its Appearance on Imaging.- General Appearance of Edema and Hemorrhage on computed tomography, magnetic resonance and ultrasound.- The Basics of Contrast and its Role in Dating.- How the Imaging Appearance of Edema and Hemorrhage Change over Time on computed tomography, magnetic resonance and ultrasound-- Dynamic (Acute) Dating.- Patterns of Parenchymal Ischemic injury--Pattern (Chronic) Dating.- Principles of Dynamic Dating in the Medical Legal Setting.- Principles of Pattern Dating in the Medical Legal Setting.- Therefore, What can be said – What can’t be said….- The Root Causes of Uncertainty in Dating Neurologic events Based on Imaging Findings.

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From the reviews: This monograph discusses and describes via MR and CT Scanning the timing and duration of grey matter atrophy, white matter degeneration, cerebral infarction, brain edema, and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, all occurring during strokes of different etiologies. This is a good book with very well done imaging examples and illustrations. It is well suited for all doctors. (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, February, 2014)

From the reviews: “This monograph discusses and describes via MR and CT Scanning the timing and duration of grey matter atrophy, white matter degeneration, cerebral infarction, brain edema, and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, all occurring during strokes of different etiologies. This is a good book with very well done imaging examples and illustrations. It is well suited for all doctors.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, February, 2014)

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