Neuroradiology is a subspecialty of

radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiation), but tod ...

focusing on the diagnosis and characterization of abnormalities of the central and

peripheral nervous system The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is one of two components that make up the nervous system of Bilateria, bilateral animals, with the other part being the central nervous system (CNS). The PNS consists of nerves and ganglia, which lie outside t ...

, spine, and head and neck using

neuroimaging Neuroimaging is the use of quantitative (computational) techniques to study the neuroanatomy, structure and function of the central nervous system, developed as an objective way of scientifically studying the healthy human brain in a non-invasive ...

techniques. Medical issues utilizing neuroradiology include arteriovenous malformations, tumors, aneurysms, and strokes.

History

Neuroradiology began in the early 1900s soon after

Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923), sometimes Transliteration, transliterated as Roentgen ( ), was a German physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays. As ...

discovered

X-rays An X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet rays and longer than those of gamma rays. Roughly, X-rays have a wavelength ran ...

, with the use of skull

radiographs Radiography is an imaging technique using X-rays, gamma rays, or similar ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation to view the internal form of an object. Applications of radiography include medical ("diagnostic" radiography and "therapeu ...

to evaluate brain tumours. The first full-time neuroradiologist in the US was Cornelius Gysbert Dyke, MD (1900–1943) at the New York Neurological Institute in 1930.

Professional organizations

The major professional association in the United States representing neuroradiologists is th American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR). The ASNR publishes the '' American Journal of Neuroradiology'' (AJNR). The ASNR annual meeting rotates through different cities, and usually takes place between late April and early June. The specialty neuroradiology societies that are associated with the ASNR include the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology (ASPNR), the American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR), the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR), and the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology (ASFNR). These societies contribute to the programming of the ASNR annual meeting and also hold their own annual meetings. The major professional association in Europe is the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR). In Japan, it is the Japanese Neuroradiological Society; in the UK, it is the British Society of Neuroradiologists (BSNR); and in France, it is the French Society of Neuroradiology (SFNR). The ESNR and the Japanese society publish '' Neuroradiology'', and the SFNR publishes the '' Journal of Neuroradiology''.

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History

Professional organizations

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