NEUROMUSCULAR IMAGING

Part One: Imaging modalities
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Ultrasound
Chapter 3. Computed tomography
Chapter 4. Conventional MRI
Chapter 5. Advanced and quantitative MRI techniques
Chapter 6. Nuclear Medicine methods
Chapter 7. Peripheral Nerve Imaging

Part Two: Muscle anatomy and physiology
Chapter 8. Introduction
Chapter 9. Morphology of skeletal muscle
Chapter 10. Atlas of topographical muscle anatomy
Chapter 11. Normal ageing muscle tissue

Part Three: Clinical applications in hereditary myopathies
Chapter 12. Introduction
Chapter 13. Channelopathies
Chapter 14. Metabolic myopathies
Chapter 15. Congenital myopathies
Chapter 16. CongenitaI muscular dystrophies
Chapter 17. Dystrophinopathies
Chapter 18. Emerinopathies and Laminopathies
Chapter 19. Limb girdle muscular dystrophies
Chapter 20. Myofibrillar myopathies
Chapter 21. Distal myopathies
Chapter 22. Myotonic dystrophies
Chapter 23. Facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy
Chapter 24. Oculo-pharyngeal-muscular dystrophy
Chapter 25. Diagnostic algorithms and differential diagnosis

Part Four: Clinical applications in acquired myopathies
Chapter 26. Inflammatory myopathies
Chapter 27. Toxic and drug-induced myopathies
Chapter 28. Muscle neoplasm

Part Five: Clinical applications in motor neuron disorders and peripheral nerve imaging
Chapter 29. Motoneuron diseases
Chapter 30. Clinical applications of periperal nerve imaging

Neuromuscular imaging has increasingly become an important tool in the detection and diagnosis of inherited and acquired neuromuscular disease. This book is a groundbreaking radiological and neurological overview of current methods and applications of imaging_including aspects of neuroimaging and musculoskeletal imaging_in patients with inherited, metabolic, and inflammatory muscle diseases. Imaging features are discussed in the context of clincial presentation, histopathology, therapeutic options and differential diagnosis. World leading expert contributors give a comprehensive and didactic review of neuromuscular disorders and available imaging modalities, each illustrated with numerous figures.

Topics discussed include:
- Modalities such as ultrasound, CT and MRI
- Muscle anatomy and physiology
- Clinical applications in hereditary and acquired myopathies
- Clinical applications in motor neuron disorders and peripheral nerve imaging