Ultrasonography of the Prenatal & Neonatal Brain

by Timor-Tritsch, Ilan; Monteagudo, Ana; Cohen, Harris

• ISBN13: 9780838588598
• ISBN10: 083858859X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

The most thorough text of its kind, written by one of the worlds leading authorities on obstetrical ultrasound. Lavishly illustrated with clearly marked drawings to accompany the clear ultrasonic images. Updated with chapters on fetal brain circulation, and cerebral palsy

Author Biography

Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch, MD, Professor of Obstretrics & Gynecology, Director of OB/GYN Ultrasound, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York.
Ana Monteagudo, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York.
Harris L. Cohen, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

1. Prenatal Development of the Brain.

2. Normal Two-Dimensional Development of the Prenatal Brain.

3. Biometry of the Fetal Brain.

4. Fetal Neurosonography of Congenital Brain Anomalies.

5. Median Anomalies of the Brain.

6. Ultrasonography of the Fetal Face.

7. The Fetal Eye.

8. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Fetal Brain.

9. Three-Dimensional Ultrasound of the Fetal Brain.

10. Ethical Dimensions in the Management of Pregnancies Complicated by Fetal Brain Anomalies.

11. Neurosonography of the Infant: The Normal Examination.

12. Neurosonography of the Infant: Diagnosis of Abnormalities.

13. Ultrasonography of the Neonatal Spine.

14. Three-Dimensional Neonatal Neurosonography.

15. Neurobehavioral Development of the Fetal Brain.

16. The Role of Infection in the Etiology of Cerebral Palsy.

17. Fetal and Neonatal Cerebral Circulation.

18. In Utero Surgical Interventions of the Fetal Brain and Spine.