Essentials of Osborn's Brain

Designed to facilitate easier understanding of a complex subject, Essentials of Osborn's Brain: A Fundamental Guide for Residents and Fellows is a highly practical guide to neuroradiology by world-renowned expert Dr. Anne G. Osborn. This concise text is derived from Osborn's Brain, second edition, and contains the essential must-know information critical for residents and fellows in radiology, neuroradiology, and neurosurgery-all in a format that's ideal for study and daily reference.


Takes readers through the neuroimaging rotations of a radiology, neurosurgery, or neurology residency or fellowship via a curriculum of selected readings for each rotation

Includes a brief section for each of 4 resident years, which lists directed readings in the book as well as optional correlated content in STATdx and RADPrimer for each rotation

Combines gross pathology and imaging to clearly depict why diseases appear the way they do

Features more than 2,000 high-definition, state-of-the-art images with each one referenced to its corresponding descriptive location in the text

Features Dr. Osborn's trademark summary boxes throughout, allowing for quick review of essential facts

Includes updated information on brain tumor genetics, new tumors, and interim updates to the 2016 World Health Organization classification of CNS neoplasms

Presents new insights on autoimmune encephalitis, noninfectious CNS inflammation, and brain microbleeds, including critical-illness-associated microbleeds Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices