Brain -- Embryology of the Brain -- Myelination -- Malformations of the Telencephalic Commissures -- Brain Malformations -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain in Preterm Infants -- Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy -- Cerebrovascular Disease in Infants and Children -- Arteriovenous Malformations: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment -- Capillary-Venous Malformations -- Brain Tumors -- Hemolymphoproliferative Diseases and Treatment-Related Disorders -- Infectious Diseases -- Metabolic Disorders -- Neurodegenerative Disorders -- Acquired Inflammatory White Matter Diseases -- Phakomatoses -- The Rare Phakomatoses -- Sellar and Suprasellar Disorders -- Accidental Head Trauma -- Nonaccidental Head Injury (Child Abuse) -- Hydrocephalus, Cysts, and Other Disorders of the Cerebrospinal Fluid Spaces -- Epilepsy -- MR Spectroscopy -- Diffusion-Weighted, Perfusion-Weighted, and Functional MR Imaging -- Brain Sonography -- Prenatal Ultrasound: Brain -- Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Central Nervous System -- Head and Neck -- Embryology of the Head and Neck -- Skull Development and Abnormalities -- The Craniosynostoses -- The Orbit -- Disorders of the Temporal Bone -- Sinonasal Diseases -- Imaging of the Neck -- Cervico-Facial Vascular Malformations -- Face and Neck Sonography -- Prenatal Ultrasound: Head and Neck -- Embryology of the Spine and Spinal Cord -- Congenital Malformations of the Spine and Spinal Cord -- Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Cord -- Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders of the Spine -- Spinal Trauma -- Spine and Spinal Cord: Arteriovenous Shunts in Children -- Spine and Spinal Cord Sonography -- Prenatal Ultrasound: Spine and Spinal Cord.Two-volume set consists of: Pediatric Neuroradiology Brain Pediatric Neuroradiology Head and Neck Spine TORT-title-Brain. indd TORT-title-Brain. indd II II 02. 02. 2005 02. 02. 2005 07:46:44 07:46:44 Preface III Pediatric Neuroradiology Brain Paolo Tortori-Donati and Andrea Rossi In collaboration with Roberta Biancheri Foreword by Charles Raybaud With 1635 Figures in 4519 Separate Illustrations, 207 in Color and 202 Tables 123 TORT-title-Brain. indd TORT-title-Brain. indd III III 02. 02. 2005 02. 02. 2005 07:46:44 07:46:44 IV Preface Paolo Tortori-Donati, MD Head, Department of Pediatric Neuroradiology G. Gaslini Children’s Research Hospital, Genoa, Italy Andrea Rossi, MD Senior Staff Neuroradiologist Department of Pediatric Neuroradiology G. Gaslini Children’s Research Hospital, Genoa, Italy Roberta Biancheri, MD, PhD Consultant Pediatric Neurologist Department of Pediatric Neuroradiology G. Gaslini Children’s Research Hospital, Genoa, Italy Library of Congress Control Number: 2004118036 ISBN 3-540-41077-5 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, speci? cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitations, broadcasting, reproduction on micro? lm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media http//www. springeronline.