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This book, written by the main author and seven collaborators from the fields of neuroradiology and (neuro)-ophthalmology, is an ambitious attempt to present the basic science and imaging of disorders of the entire visual system in a single text. It is divided into two main sections. The first comprises four chapters, beginning with a brief chapter on imaging techniques. Chapter 2 details visual system anatomy and is illustrated with numerous high-quality CT and MR images and one dacryocystogram. Each image is accompanied by a well presented, annotated line diagram superimposed on a faded copy of the same image. This avoids overcrowded and potentially confusing annotation. (The same technique is also used in some images of pathology later in the book.) The numerical annotation used also affords the opportunity for self-testing, at least until the code has become too familiar! …