Whiplash Injury: New Approaches of Functional Neuroimaging

By Andreas Otte

Book Overview

Part 1 Introduction: .- General aspects.- Incidence.- Historical aspects.- Mechanics.- Diagnostic procedure in whiplash injury.- Part 2 Nuclear medicine tools: .- Introduction.- Positron emission tomography (PET).- Single-photon emission tomography (SPET).- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).- Part 3 Image analysis: .- Background.- Visual interpretation.- Region-of-interest technique.- Statistical parametric mapping (SPM).- Image fusion.- Network analysis.- Control group.- Part 4 Current research data: .- Mild traumatic brain injury.- Whiplash injury.- Differential diagnostic list.- Whiplash trauma and the risk of Alzheimer s disease.- Part 5 Conclusion: .- General aspects.- Clinical aspects.- References.- Legends.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662508559
• ISBN13: 9783662508558
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"