Pain Imaging

Preface.- Mechanisms of Pain.- Brain Imaging of Pain.- Headaches: Clinical Features.- Imaging of Headache.- Trigeminal Neuralgia: Clinical Features.- Imaging of Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Spine Pain: Clinical Features.- Imaging of Spine Pain.- Thoracic Pain: Clinical Features.- Imaging of Vascular Thoracic Pain.- Imaging of Non-Vascular Thoracic Pain.- Abdominal Pain: Clinical Features.- Imaging of Biliary Colic and Cholecystitis.- Imaging of Pancreatitis.- Imaging of Renal Colic.- Imaging of Pyelonephritis.- Imaging of Bowel Occlusion and Bowel Perforation.- Imaging of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Imaging of Vascular Abdominal Pain.- Pelvic Pain: clinical features.- Imaging of Uterine disease related Pain.- Imaging of Ovaric disease related Pain.- Imaging of Endometriosis related Pain.- Imaging of Acute Scrotum.

Prof. Maria Assunta Cova is Professor of Radiology at the University of Trieste. She is the Head of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging and the Head of the Department of Radiology at the Cattinara Hospital in the "Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata" of Trieste. Prof. Cova is the Director of the Postgraduate School of Radiology at the University of Trieste. She has many teaching responsabilites providing courses for medical students, dentist students, radiographer's students, radiology residents and residents of many other disciplines (neurology, surgery, internal medicine, gynaecology, surgery, urology, orthopaedics). Prof. Cova is a member of a number of scientific societies, including the Italian Society of Radiology, the European Society of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, the European Society of Urogenital Radiology, the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology. She was a member of ESR National Society Board Committee. Prof. Cova has served as Editorial Assistant of La Radiologia Medica. She has written more than 200 publications, many of which have focused on topics including diagnostic radiology, with contributions expecially in the field of computed tomography and magnetic resonance, uroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, neuroradiology and contrast media. She is frequently invited to participate in both national and international meeting, having made more than 200 presentations to date.
Dr. Fulvio Stacul is Chairman of the Department of Radiology at the Maggiore Hospital in the "Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata" of Trieste. Dr. Stacul is a member of a number of scientific societies and committees, including the Italian Society of Radiology, the European Society of Radiology, the European Society of Urogenital Radiology, and serves as Secretary of the Contrast Media Safety Committee of the ESUR. He has served on the Scientific Editorial Boards of both La Radiologia Medica and European Radiology. Dr. Stacul has