Neuroimaging for the anesthesiologist.
This article provides an overview of neuroimaging modalities of particular interest to the anesthesiologist caring for neurosurgical patients. Imaging characteristics of neuropathologies and considerations for anesthetic management of diagnostic procedures are discussed.
Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Denise
D
Crute
Joseph
J
Sebeo
Irene P
IP
Osborn
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000378:metabolism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography