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Part I Normal Anatomy of Brain Vessels
1 Intracranial Arterial System:
The Main Trunks and Major Arteries of the Cerebrum.................................. 3
Shoki Takahashi and Shunji Mugikura
2 Intracranial Arterial System: Basal Perforating Arteries................................ 53
Shoki Takahashi
3 Intracranial Arterial System: Infratentorial Arteries....................................... 131
Shoki Takahashi
4 Perforating Branches of the Anterior Communicating Artery:
Anatomy and Infarction....................................................................................... 189
Toshikatsu Fujii
5 Cerebral Arterial Variations and Anomalies
Diagnosed by MR Angiography.......................................................................... 197
Akira Uchino
6 Regional MR Perfusion Topographic Map of the
Brain Using Arterial Spin Labeling at 3 Tesla................................................... 241
Shuichi Higano and Takaki Murata
7 Normal Anatomy of Intracranial Veins: Demonstration
with MR Angiography, 3D-CT Angiography
and Microangiographic Injection Study............................................................. 255
Akio Fukusumi
8 Mapping Superficial Cerebral Veins on the Brain Surface.............................. 285
Shuichi Higano
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Part II Neurovascular Imaging in Pathology
9 Preoperative Visualization of the Lenticulostriate Arteries
Associated with Insulo-Opercular Gliomas Using 3-T Magnetic
Resonance Imaging............................................................................................... 295
Toshihiro Kumabe, Ryuta Saito, Masayuki Kanamori,
Yukihiko Sonoda, Shuichi Higano, Shoki Takahashi, and Teiji Tominaga
10 Ischemic Complications Associated with
Resection of Opercular Gliomas.......................................................................... 305
Toshihiro Kumabe, Masayuki Kanamori, Ryuta Saito,
Ken-ichi Nagamatsu, Yukihiko Sonoda, Shuichi Higano,
Shoki Takahashi, and Teiji Tominaga
11 Imaging and Tissue Characterization of Atherosclerotic
Carotid Plaque Using MR Imaging..................................................................... 319
Toshiaki Taoka
12 MR Imaging of Cerebral Aneurysms................................................................. 345
Noriko Kurihara
13 MR Imaging of Vascular Malformations............................................................ 373
Atsushi Umetsu
14 Cerebral Venous Malformations........................................................................ 395
Akio Fukusumi
15 Thrombosis of the Cerebral Veins and Dural Sinuses....................................... 409
Akio Fukusumi
part III Anatomy and Imaging of Spinal Vessels
16 Vessels of the Spine and Spinal Cord: Normal Anatomy ................................. 427
Shoki Takahashi
17 MDCT of the Artery of Adamkiewicz................................................................ 451
Kei Takase and Shoki Takahashi
18 Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Spinal Cord Blood Supply............. 465
Robbert J. Nijenhuis and Walter H. Backes
19 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Spinal Vascular Lesions................................ 487
Shuichi Higano
Index .................................................................................................................... 507