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Part 1 Introduction: .- General aspects.- Incidence.- Historical aspects.- Mechanics.- Diagnostic procedure in whiplash injury.- Part 2 Nuclear medicine tools: .- Introduction.- Positron emission tomography (PET).- Single-photon emission tomography (SPET).- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).- Part 3 Image analysis: .- Background.- Visual interpretation.- Region-of-interest technique.- Statistical parametric mapping (SPM).- Image fusion.- Network analysis.- Control group.- Part 4 Current research data: .- Mild traumatic brain injury.- Whiplash injury.- Differential diagnostic list.- Whiplash trauma and the risk of Alzheimer's disease.- Part 5 Conclusion: .- General aspects.- Clinical aspects.- References.- Legends.