MRI principles of the head, skull base and spine Edited by J.C. Tamraz and C. Outin, Springer Verlag, France Paris, 2002, 657 pp. ISBN 2-287-59714-X; ? 104

As perceivable from the title, this neuroradiologic textbook consists of three major parts devoted to pathologic conditions of the brain, the base of the skull and face and finally the spine and spinal cord. Two chapters precede these sections: one deals with basic aspects of MRI in neurosciences, the other is about in-vivo Neuro-MR spectroscopy. Each of the major parts is divided into a number of sections and subsections, starting with descriptions of imaging technique and anatomy and then focusing on a remarkable set of pathologic conditions presented as case studies. An overall number of 95 clinical neuroimaging cases are presented.