Karen L. Salzman, MD, FACR, is Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Neuroradiology Section Chief, as well as Leslie W. Davis Endowed Chair in Neuroradiology and Vice Chair of Education at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine with the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah Miral D. Jhaveri, MD, MBA is a lead author of the prior editions of this book and lead author of Diagnostic Imaging: Brain. Jhaveri is a Colonel Robert R. McCormick Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Division Head of Neuroradiology, and Chair of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

“…an updated reference publication for neuro-radiologists, based on the state of the art of the discipline… [It] has been significantly modified not only by presenting new images, acquired with more advanced equipment or procedures, but also by redefining some nosological criteria and applying new classifications… The enormous amount of material is presented in a didactic manner which favours easy understanding of the content, being enriched by updated references that allow you to identify the texts that delve into the individual topics. Succinct bulleted text and highly templated chapters are structured for quick comprehension of essential information at the point of care… [This] book may also be suggested to general radiologists and nuclear physicians and to clinicians and neuroscientists interested in the study of brain diseases, principally neurosurgeons and neurologists.” Review by Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, April 2026

• PART I: PATHOLOGY-BASED DIAGNOSESSECTION 1: CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONSCHIARI MALFORMATIONSHINDBRAIN MALFORMATIONSDISORDERS OF DIVERTICULATION/CLEAVAGEMALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENTFAMILIAL TUMOR/NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMESSECTION 2: TRAUMAPRIMARY EFFECTS OF CNS TRAUMASECONDARY EFFECTS OF CNS TRAUMASECTION 3: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AND ANEURYSMSSUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGEANEURYSMSSECTION 4: STROKENONTRAUMATIC INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGEATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CAROTID STENOSISNONATHEROMATOUS VASCULOPATHYCEREBRAL ISCHEMIA AND INFARCTIONSECTION 5: VASCULAR MALFORMATIONSCVMS WITH AV SHUNTINGCVMS WITHOUT AV SHUNTINGSECTION 6: NEOPLASMSGLIOMAS, GLIONEURONAL TUMORS, AND NEURONAL TUMORSCHOROID PLEXUS TUMORSEMBRYONAL TUMORSPINEAL TUMORSTUMORS OF CRANIAL/PERIPHERAL NERVESHEMATOLYMPHOID TUMORS INVOLVING CNSMENINGIOMAMESENCHYMAL, NONMENINGOTHELIAL TUMORS INVOLVING CNSGERM CELL TUMORSMETASTATIC TUMORSTUMOR-LIKE CONDITIONSSECTION 7: PRIMARY NONNEOPLASTIC CYSTSSECTION 8: INFECTIOUS, INFLAMMATORY, AND DEMYELINATING DISEASECONGENITAL/NEONATAL INFECTIONSACQUIRED INFECTIONSINFLAMMATORY AND DEMYELINATING DISEASESECTION 9: INHERITED METABOLIC/DEGENERATIVE DISORDERSNORMAL VARIANTSMITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERSLYSOSOMAL DISORDERSPEROXISOMAL DISORDERSORGANIC AND AMINOACIDOPATHIESMISCELLANEOUSSECTION 10: ACQUIRED TOXIC/METABOLIC/DEGENERATIVE DISORDERSTOXIC, METABOLIC, NUTRITIONAL, SYSTEMIC DISEASES WITH CNS MANIFESTATIONSDEMENTIAS AND DEGENERATIVE DISORDERSPART II: ANATOMY-BASED DIAGNOSESSECTION 1: VENTRICLES AND CISTERNSNORMAL VARIANTSHYDROCEPHALUSCSF DISORDERSSECTION 2: SELLA AND PITUITARYCONGENITALNEOPLASMSMISCELLANEOUSSECTION 3: SKULL, SCALP, AND MENINGESCONGENITALNONNEOPLASTIC AND TUMOR-LIKE DISORDERSNEOPLASMS