During the last 20 years, techniques in interventional neuroradiology have evolved from
procedures that were dangerous, often ineffective, and seldom used to those that are safe …

I am grateful to Dr. Juan Taveras, founding editor of the American Journal of Neuroradiology,
and to Dr. Michael Huckman, current editor of the Journal, for this opportunity to comment on …

Through the combination of the latest imaging modalities and microdevice delivery,
interventional neuroradiologic techniques are currently revolutionizing the therapy for many …

The development of radiographically controlled interventional procedures directed at
neurologic disease can be attributed to improved fluoroscopic and catheterization …

Interventional neuroradiology—a relatively new medical subspecialty known also as
endovascular neurosurgery—treats cerebrovascular, head and neck, and spinal disease by …

Neuroendovascular therapy has grown rapidly in the past few years owing to the addition of
new catheters, new embolic agents, and an increasing interest by both neuroradiologists …

Interventional neuroradiology has made tremendous advances in the 28 years since
Lussenhop and Spence [75] first reported occlusion of a cerebral AVM by embolization with …

Neurointerventional radiology is evolving into a rarified and complex field, with more people
today training to become neurointerventionalists than ever before. With these developments …

Radiology is a welI-established discipline defined on the basis of examinations performed
largely for diagnostic purposes using X rays. This concept of radiology has changed …

Interventional Neuroradiology (INR) is not bound by the classical limits of a speciality, and is
not restricted by standard formats of teaching and education. Open and naturally linked …