IMAGING NEUROSCIENCE: CLINICAL FRONTIERS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

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IMAGING NEUROSCIENCE: CLINICAL FRONTIERS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT By Richard Frackowiak and Terry Jones 2003. Oxford: Oxford University Press £28.75. Pp. 296. ISBN 0‐19‐852696‐2 Functional imaging, most commonly using functional MRI (fMRI) or PET, is an enormously powerful tool in neuroscience research. It allows the non‐invasive and in vivo study of brain functions in health and disease. In the last two to three decades (for fMRI, the last decade) these techniques have revolutionized neuroscience research and have generated a wealth of new knowledge. It is therefore timely that an up‐to‐date book such as Imaging Neuroscience: Clinical Frontiers for Diagnosis and Management has been published to provide an overview of recent advances in imaging in neuroscience. This book, which is part of a British Medical Bulletin series, is edited by Richard Frackowiak and Terry Jones, who are both leading researchers in functional imaging, with contributions from recognized authors in the relevant fields. The focus of the book is on how knowledge acquired using brain imaging furthers our understanding of brain functions and disease pathogenesis, and how this in turn translates into …