This open access book offers an essential overview of brain, head and neck, and spine imaging. Over the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by both clinical and technological developments. Written by leading international experts and teachers, the chapters are disease-oriented and cover all relevant imaging modalities, with a focus on magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. The book also includes a synopsis of pediatric imaging.

IDKD books are rewritten (not merely updated) every four years, which means they offer a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in imaging. The book is clearly structured and features learning objectives, abstracts, subheadings, tables and take-home points, supported by design elements to help readers navigate the text. It will particularly appeal to general radiologists, radiology residents, and interventional radiologists who want to update their diagnostic expertise, as wellas clinicians from other specialties who are interested in imaging for their patient care.

Chapter 1. Diseases of the Sella and Parasellar Region

Chapter 2. Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders (incl. Intracranial Hyper- and Hypotension)
Chapter 3. Stroke and Its Mimics: Diagnosis and Treatment
Chapter 4. Cerebral Neoplasms
Chapter 5. Non-Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage
Chapter 6. Intracranial Infection and Inflammation
Chapter 7. Traumatic Neuroemergency: Imaging patients with traumatic brain injury: an introduction
Chapter 8. Differential Diagnosis of Intracranial Masses
Chapter 9. Syllabus IDKD 2020
Chapter 10. Imaging the Patient with Epilepsy or Seizures
Chapter 11. Dementia & Other Neurodegenerative Disorders
Chapter 12. Imaging Evaluation of Patients with Cranial Nerve Disorders
Chapter 13. Demyelinating Diseases of the CNS (Brain and Spine)
Chapter 14. Child with Acute Neurological Emergency
Chapter 15. Evaluation of Tinnitus and Hearing Loss in the Adult
chapter 16. Approach to Masses in Head and Neck Spaces
Chapter 17. Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer: Approach to Staging and Surveillance
Chapter 18. Back Pain and Radiculopathy
Chapter 19. Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury
Chapter 20. Brachial and Lumbo-Sacral Plexus & Peripheral Nerves.