Manual of Neurosonology

Neurosonology is non-invasive, portable, and has excellent temporal resolution, making it a valuable and increasingly popular tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of neurological conditions when compared to other imaging techniques. This guide looks beyond the use of neurovascular ultrasound in stroke to encompass a wide range of other neurological diseases and emergencies. It offers a practical approach to the examination of patients, interpretation of ultrasound studies, and the application of neurosonology to the development of management and treatment strategies. Each chapter incorporates a thorough and clear procedural methodology alongside scanning tips for trainees; this step-by-step approach is further enhanced by example images and focused diagnostic questions. Authored and edited by international experts, this practical manual of neurosonology is an invaluable resource for neurologists, neurosurgeons, intensivists, radiologists and ultrasonographers.

    Scanning tips for trainees included in every chapter aid understanding and practical application of the material for beginners
    The step-by-step methodology clearly and thoroughly outlines the clinical uses relevant to everyday practice
    Covers areas not addressed in other literature on the subject, including the full range of cerebrovascular conditions

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Foreword David Russell
1. Introduction László Olah
2. Cervical arterial insonation José-Manuel Molto-Jorda and Galina Baltgaile
3. Carotid wall imaging José Gutierrez and Tatjana Rundek
4. Endothelial function testing László Csiba
5. Atherosclerotic carotid disease Massimo Del Sette, Valentina Saia, Edoardo Vicenzini and G.-Michael von Reutern
6. Atherosclerotic vertebral artery disease Ralf Dittrich and E. Bernd Ringelstein
7. Cervical artery dissection Claudio Baracchini
8. Cervical artery vasculitides Mathias H. Sturzenegger
9. Transcranial insonation Eva Bartels, José-M. Valdueza, Ekaterina Titianova and Ildikó Vastagh
10. Intracranial stenosis/occlusion Claudio Baracchini and Kurt Niederkorn
11. Extracranial/intracranial collateral pathways Manfred Kaps
12. Acute ischemic stroke Georgios Tsivgoulis and Aristeidis H. Katsanos, and Christos Krogias
13. Intracranial perfusion imaging Stephen Meairs
14. Sonothrombolysis José Navarro, Kristian Barlinn, Galina Tsivgoulis and Andrei V. Alexandrov
15. Microembolic signal detection László Nemeth, Vendel Kemény and László Csiba
16. Right-to-left shunt detection Susanna Horner
17. Cerebral autoregulation Elsa Azevedo and Pedro Castro
18. Vasomotor reactivity Alexander Gur, Attila Csányi and Natan M. Bornstein
19. Functional transcranial ultrasound Juergen Klingelhoefer
20. Neuromonitoring under critical care conditions Béla Fülesdi, Péter Siró and Csilla Molnár
21. Cerebral circulatory arrest Stephan J. Schreiber
22. Intracranial venous ultrasound Erwin Stolz
23. Cervical venous ultrasound Florian Doepp (Connolly) and José-M. Valdueza
24. Brain parenchyma imaging Uwe Walter
25. Orbital ultrasound Mario Siebler
26. Ultrasonography of the peripheral nerves Henrich Kele
Index.

László Csiba, Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen
László Csiba is Professor and Chairman at the Department of Neurology at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, and former president of the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics.

Claudio Baracchini, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua
Claudio Baracchini is Director of the Stroke Center and Neurovascular Ultrasound Laboratory at the University of Padua School of Medicine, and Secretary of the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics.
Contributors

David Russell, László Olah, José-Manuel Molto-Jorda, Galina Baltgaile, José Gutierrez, Tatjana Rundek, László Csiba, Massimo Del Sette, Valentina Saia, Edoardo Vicenzini, G.-Michael von Reutern, Ralf Dittrich, E. Bernd Ringelstein, Claudio Baracchini, Mathias H. Sturzenegger, Eva Bartels, José-M. Valdueza, Ekaterina Titianova, Ildikó Vastagh, Kurt Niederkorn, Manfred Kaps, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Aristeidis H. Katsanos, Christos Krogias, Stephen Meairs, José Navarro, Kristian Barlinn, Galina Tsivgoulis, Andrei V. Alexandrov, László Nemeth, Vendel Kemény, Susanna Horner, Elsa Azevedo, Pedro Castro, Alexander Gur, Attila Csányi, Natan M. Bornstein, Juergen Klingelhoefer, Béla Fülesdi, Péter Siró, Csilla Molnár, Stephan J. Schreiber, Erwin Stolz, Florian Doepp (Connolly), Uwe Walter, Mario Siebler, Henrich Kele