This is Our Brain

• Main Author: Hendrikse, Jeroen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Neurosciences.; Human anatomy.; Radiology.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Medicine.; Health.; Biomedical engineering.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Biomedical Engineering.; Imaging / Radiology.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Anatomy.

Although many things can go wrong in the brain, this book also shows that our brain is strong. It highlights the key findings that can be seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans, including those related to normal brain aging and common diseases such as brain infar...

Table of Contents:

• CT and MRI scanners: the basics
• CT and MRI scans: different types of photos
• Brain anatomy
• White spots
• Brain shrinkage
• Silent infarcts
• Small old bleedings
• More space around the blood vessels
• Brain infarcts
• Brain bleedings.