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.

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.