Imaging of the Postoperative Skull Base and Cerebellopontine Angle
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Daniel Thomas Ginat Per-Lennart A. Westesson
Atlas of Postsurgical Neuroradiology Imaging of the Brain, Spine, Head, and Neck
Daniel Thomas Ginat, M.D., M.S. Department of Radiology Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA USA
Per-Lennart A. Westesson, M.D., Ph.D., DDS Division of Neuroradiology University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester New York USA
ISBN 978-3-642-15827-8 ISBN 978-3-642-15828-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-15828-5 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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This book is dedicated to my parents, Roselyne and Jonathan, and to Bronx High School of Science and Columbia University. Daniel Thomas Ginat This book is dedicated to my wife Ann-Margret and our children Karin, Oscar and Nils. Per-Lennart A. Westesson
Foreword
Radiologists and clinicians caring for patients have a plethora of references that provide educational tools for imaging studies illustrating neuroanatomy and many forms of neurological and neurosurgical disease processes. However, even those who are well versed in interpreting imaging examinations often find assessment of imaging studies in the postoperative
