Imaging of Orbital and Visual Pathway Pathologyhttp://www.book4doc.com/11479Including Clinical, Neuroophthalmological and Pathological Basisby Wibke S. Muller-Forell, W. S. Muller-Forell (Editor), W. S. MÙller-Forell (Editor)
Hardcover
ISBN: 3540633022
Pub. Date: January 2002
Book Review Imaging of Orbital and Visual Pathway Pathology is a multiauthored neuroradiologic text that combines a rigorous, though accessible, general background of visual system physiology and imaging with subsequent sections focusing on more specialized topics in optical system pathology, including pediatric, orbital, and intracranial disease. It is well organized and includes reviews of these closely related areas for specialists who would otherwise need to consult scattered, brief discussions in major texts or specialized reports in the literature. The authors wrote this book largely for ophthalmologists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and neurologists. Although the author uses surprisingly accessible language, it is not written for the general radiologist.
The book is divided into two main parts, with a total of seven chapters written by eight experts from Germany and Switzerland. There is a helpful index, a list of anatomic structures, and a list of acronyms. The general part is divided into chapters on state-of-the-art imaging methods, anatomy, neuro-ophthalmology, and functional imaging of the visual system. The special part discusses highly specialized topics, including optic pathway disease in children, orbital disease, and intracranial disease.
Despite the multiple authors, there is remarkable cohesion and minimal repetition in the text. Difficult topics are covered thoroughly. It is well referenced and up-to-date. Each chapter contains logical subsections, making this book easy to search. The text is printed on high-quality paper and is copiously illustrated. The quality of the figures and tables is consistently high. Indeed, this book is a rich imaging resource with numerous, often strikingly attractive and clear diagrams and figures. These include a multitude of well-marked magnetic resonance (MR) images, MR angiograms, computed tomographic scans, ultrasonographic scans, and even some associated histologic slides.
The book is divided into two parts. The general part competently and thoroughly covers the topics of imaging methods, anatomy, and physiology in respectively devoted chapters. Anatomy and physiology are covered logically from orbit to association cortex. The introductory chapter on functional MR imaging was particularly concise and helpful. An additional section discussing the future direction of functional imaging as a general radiologic, clinical, or presurgical tool might also be helpful. This text purposely does not cover imaging physics.
The special part of the book, which is exhaustive though well written, is devoted to diseases in the optic system. It contains numerous case details and radiologic descriptions, which make the book often engrossingeven for those who are not subspecialists. Since extra attention is given to pediatric optic pathway disease, a section on geriatric conditions seemed lacking.
There are few comparable texts that exclusively concentrate on the anatomy, physiology, and pathologic conditions of the entire visual system. The detail provided on these topics is far in excess of that typically given in standard texts. It is clearly written, detailed, and replete with beautiful diagrams and interesting illustrative cases and images. The cost of the book is comparable to that of other texts of this length and quality.
I recommend this text as a wonderful resource for its target audience of specialist clinicians. It is also useful for any medical professionals who must quickly familiarize themselves with fine points of imaging of visual system disease, but do not require more than a brief introduction to imaging methods.
Reviewed by James E. Swain, MD, PhD
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