New Trends in Cerebral Hemodynamics and NeurosonologyNew Trends in Cerebral Hemodynamics and Neurosonology Edited by KlingelhoferJ.BartelsE. and RingelsteinE.B.. Available from Elsevier Science BV, P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands, or from Elsevier Science Inc., P.O. Box 945, Madison Square Station, New York NY 10160-0757, USA. Price: US$287.50. ISBN 0-444-82361-9.

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Book ReviewsNew Trends in Cerebral Hemodynamics and Neurosonology Domenico G. IacopinoMD Domenico G. Iacopino Department of Neurosciences, MBC-76, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia Search for more papers by this author Published Online:1 Nov 1998https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.1998.572SectionsPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail AboutIntroductionThis book presents the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Cerebral Hemodynamics, which was held in Munich, Germany, in September 1996. The goal of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for prominent researchers in the field to define topical issues, discuss current controversies and arrive at a consensus regarding some of the more important aspects in the field of cerebral hemodynamics and sonology.During the symposium more than 300 papers were presented by recognized leading clinicians and researchers. Roughly a hundred of these have been selected to shape the eight chapters of this book.In almost every chapter, a review section is provided that outlines the latest information, showing that the body of knowledge is anything but static, especially when dealing with aspects and techniques, such as cerebral hemodynamics and sonology, that have advanced dramatically over the past few years.The first chapter deals with carotid and vertebrobasilar occlusive disease and shows how in vascular work, ultrasound provides visualization of the vessel wall with a degree of detail unavailable in other modalities. In the second chapter, the authors deal with the clinical relevance of ultrasonography and other imaging techniques. They outline how ultrasonography provides an excellent temporal resolution, showing that while the spatial resolutions of these methods have limitations and are better reached with other imaging techniques, these diagnostic modalities are not alternatives to each other but may otherwise integrate. The third chapter highlights the diagnostic value of transcranial color-coded duplex imaging, the ancient dream of every neuroscientist—to explore the brain by just putting a probe on the head of the patient. Detection of the cerebral microemboli and the use of echo-contrast agents are the issues of the next two chapters, which deal with the latest application of transcranial Doppler technology. The last three chapters show how changes in the blood flow over time can best be monitored by ultrasound. In fact, evoked flow and functional testing of autoregulation that were confined to the laboratory a few years ago can now be performed at the bedside of the patient with no adjunctive risk, with the use of ultrasound technology.The color plates are remarkable and include several examples of color-flow imaging. The text suffers only in the respect that, as is often the case in books by multiple authors, there is some redundancy and overlapping of material between chapters. It actually represents the most current knowledge in cerebral hemodynamics and sonology, considering that, as in many fields of medicine, information becomes old the moment it is written.The book will benefit any clinical neuroscientist who cares for patients with cerebrovascular disease and any technician who performs cerebral hemodynamics studies, and most of all the veterans who may broaden their application of this technology.Neurosonology has come of age after more than 20 years, and it seems that the field of cerebral hemodynamics is enjoying a dynamic present and can look to a bright future. Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 18, Issue 6November 1998 Metrics History Published online1 November 1998 InformationCopyright © 1998, Annals of Saudi MedicinePDF download