Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Neuropsychologists often encounter clinical reports of brain imaging studies on patients they are evaluating and may have access to the images themselves. The findings of a brain imaging study can have considerable value for guiding assessment, diagnosis, prognostication, treatment planning, and treatment implementation and monitoring. While all neuropsychologists receive some degree of training in being informed consumers of brain imaging studies, there is wide variability in the level of understanding of the differences between various brain imaging modalities and their clinical strengths and weakness. The chapter focuses on imaging modalities commonly encountered in practice—computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI, and positron emission tomography (PET). Each imaging modality is covered in its own section, which starts with a non-mathematical overview of its underlying psychical and technical aspects followed by a discussion of its clinical utility, strengths, and weaknesses.</jats:p>