In the past two decades much has been published on whiplash injury, yet both the confusion regarding the condition and the medicolegal discussion surrounding it have increased. In this scenario, a guide to recent and current international research in the field is more necessary than ever. Especially functional imaging methods - such as single-photon emission tomography, positron emission tomography, functional MRI, and hybrid techniques - have demonstrated a variety of significant brain alterations. This book accordingly offers a critical approach to the challenging interpretation of the new research data obtained using functional neuroimaging in whiplash injury. It covers all aspects, including the imaging tools themselves and the different methods of image analysis.
Whiplash Injury: New Methods of Functional Neuroimaging
will hopefully help patients, their relatives and friends, physicians, and others to understand this condition as a disease.
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 4 mm
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ISBN-13
978-3-662-50855-8 (9783662508558)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-28356-7
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Andreas Otte, MD, is a board-certified specialist in Nuclear Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Peter Osypka Institute of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering and Computer Science, Offenburg University, Germany. Prof. Otte received his graduate and post-graduate medical education at the University Hospitals Freiburg, Germany, and Basle, Switzerland, and at the Paul Scherrer Research Institute in Villigen, Switzerland. Thereafter he held various leading positions in clinical research with Pfizer in Freiburg, Germany (International Medical Research, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals) and at the University Hospital Freiburg. From 2002 to 2009 he was Visiting Professor of Nuclear Medicine in the Medical Faculty of the University of Ghent in Belgium. He took up his present position in 2010. Andreas Otte is the author of many peer-reviewed journal articles and the author or editor/co-editor of a number of books. His research focusis on neurosciences including functional neuroimaging, brain-machine-interfaces, and intelligent neuroprosthetics. Awarded a series of international scientific prizes, he was nominated Editor of the Board of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine (1998-2003), the Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine (since 2003), Archiv für Kriminologie [Archives of Criminology] (since 2020), and Prosthesis (since 2020).
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.