Diffusion and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

edited by Denis Le Bihan, 398 pp. , ill. , New York, Raven Press, 1995, 159. 00. The impact that diffusion and perfusion MRI can have on the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disease has only begun to be appreciated during the past several years. The depth of information provided by these new modalities far surpasses that possible with structural imaging studies, and challenges PET for the variety of data that can be evaluated regarding brain function. Diffusion and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Applications to Functional MRI, represents an excellent collection of information on many aspects of these new techniques. The editor of this volume is one of the primary pioneers of these techniques, and has brought together many of the leaders in this field as co-authors in this text. The volume …