Special Article The World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies:

Neuroradiology is that branch of diagnostic radiology that deals with disorders of the central nervous system [1). It embraces all techniques for imaging the brain and spinal cord, their respective vessels, the cranium and spine, and the organs of special sense. Practitioners include interventional (surgical) neuroradiologists, pediatric neuroradiologists, and many individuals with expertise in head and neck radiology. In North America and Europe, neuroradiology was one of the earliest organized subspecialities in radiology. It has given birth to a number of international scientific journals and has a long history of sponsoring world congresses in the form of the Symposium Neuroradiologicum. It, more than any other specialty of radiology, has energized, altered, and strength-ened the newer imaging techniques of CT and MR, and is developing well-defined sections of particular interest an