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Brain Imaging Flashcards

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Which brain imaging modality uses a rotating x-ray beam?

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Computed Axial Tomography (CAT) Scan

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How are attenuation variations in tissue detected in CT Scan?

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X-ray source and X-ray detector move circularly and the detector picks up radiodensity information from several directions to reconstruct a 3D Image. Patient moving through scanner slowly allows more information to be detected.

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CT enhances visualization of what in the brain?

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  • bony anatomy

- elements with high atomic numbers(Ca, Fe,I, Ba, Pb)

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What pathologies are often detected by CT ?

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Infarction, Tumors, Calcification, hemorrhage, acute stroke, and bone trauma

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In a CT Scan Tumor is detected by:

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swelling and anatomical distortion

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In a CT Scan, a hypodense (dark) structure indicates:

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Edema and infarction (differences in grey matter appear and differences in gray/white differentiation disappear)

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In a CT Scan, a hyperdense sturcture (bright) can indicate:

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calcifications and hemorrhage

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Bone trauma is detected in a CT Scan by observation of:

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bone disjunctions in bone windows

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Loss of blood suppply and oxygen to portion of the brain is known as :

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An Infarct

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Spatial Resolution is greater in CT or MRI?

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CT (several mm); MRI (1mm)

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TBI diagnosis and prognosis is significantly affected by what clinical finding?

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Intracranial bleeding

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Heme and other blood products released during trauma lead to what pathologies?

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  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhages
  • Intraparenchymal Contusion (bruising of brain tissue)
  • Hematomas (bleeding in or around brain)
  • Intrinsic Cellular Injury
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Which brain imaging modality uses Nuclear Magnetic Resonance?

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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What is the advantage of using MRI?

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No radiation is used; Frequency waves are used instead of X-rays

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What are the advantages of using CT scans?

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It is faster and less expensive than MRI thus can be used as an initial screening and assessment tool

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Does a CT Scan or MRI have better contrast difference (high resolotion and detailed visualization) between soft tissues?

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MRI

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What pathologies can best be detected on MRI and why?

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demyelinating and infectious diseases because MRI has special ability to visualize anatomy- gray, white matter, CSF

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What in a proton produces a magnetic field?

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The Spin

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How much of the body is made of hydrogen atoms?

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63%

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Describe the response of a protein spin to an external magnetic field.

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It aligns against or with the field. It wobbles or “precess” at a frequency proportional to the field. This leads to a net magnetization of the tissue.

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What is the purpose of applying the radiofrequency pulse?

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It tips the protons away from the direction of magnetaization allowing a more readily detection of magnetization. The RF signal is picked up by an antennae and is formed by the energy decay that occurs when a proton realigns with the field when the radiofrequency pulse is turned off. Rate of decay differs by tissue type.

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Fourier transform algorithms purpose:

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to decode RF signal into images.

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What does a numerical index represent in Digital Image Construction?

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Gray-scale level represented by Tissue composition of the particular pixel

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Timing of RF pulse can be varied. How and what are the effects/

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Rapid repetitions of RF pulse enhange gray-white contrast. Infrequent repetitions enhances signal from water which is increased in pathological conditions (like lesions).

25
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What are the components of a MRI Scanner?

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Magnet (Increased strength in Teslans-1.5T is common- high is 7- increases contrast), Gradient Coil, RF Coil. T2 Flair enhances lesion presence

26
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Anatomic MRI can be used to diagnose what diseases?

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Inflammatory Diesease (Multiple Sclerosis)
Neoplsatic Disease (Tumors)
Epilepsy
Cerebrovascular Disease (stroke)
27
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy allows us to study ________

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chemical structures of brain and derive concentrations and ratios of chemicals.

28
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MRS separates out components of the following chemical structures in the brain

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N-acetylaspartate (neuronal marker located in cell bodies and dendrites)
Choline( demyelination marker; cell membrane synthesis and degradation)
Creatinine (glial marker)
Lactate (found following ischemic events)

29
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In MRS, application of a RF pulse causes

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the emission of a specific frequency by each chemical component (metabolite)

30
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What determines the size of the peak produced in the conentration of each metabolite in a MRS?

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the size of the peak produced from Fourier transforms analysis

31
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How can we study a lesion using MRS?

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Study its evolution and type (discriminate normal tissue from tumor tissue)

32
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Diffusion Weighted Imaging and Diffusion Tensor Imaging allows us to …

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visualize and measure the integrity of white matter tracts in the brain

33
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What are three gradient-directions in a DWI? its purpose?

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alignment of magnetic fielld in 3 different directions to estimate the trace of the diffusion tensor or “average diffusivity” a measure of edema.

34
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What reflects the bet estimate of rate of water diffusion at the location in a DWI?

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Intenstiy of each image element (Voxel)

35
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Measurement of water diffusion along different orientations within axons is known as

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Ansiotropy (Fractional Ansiotropy is calculated based on both axial and radial diffusivity)

36
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What restricts the flow of water in an axon?

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cell membranes and meylin (in the perependicular direction)

37
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Measurement of diffusion in a DWI is

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along length of longitiduinal axis of the axon. the larger the coefficient, the greater diffusion

38
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Radial diffusiivity is

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the diffusion along the perpendicular axes of voxel, in both directions

39
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Color Coding DTI:

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red- transverse- lateral to medial
green-longitudinal-anterior to posterior
blue - horizontal- superior to inferior

40
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging allows us to ..

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acquire images of the brain while patients are performing cognitive tasks in MIR scanner.

41
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Clinical advantages of fMRI

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It shows plasticity in brain . one can understand

  • neural sysgtems that make performance of cognitive tasks possible
  • understand changes in brain function with disorders and aging
  • understand sites of neural reorganization following stroke or injury
42
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How is increased neural activity detected in fMRI?

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INcreased blood flow to region of the brain with increased activity- changes in local cerebral blood volume and oxyhemoglobin (paramagnetic)

43
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changes in intensity of values on MR images

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BOLD signal- measured during baseline and experimental conditions

44
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Hemodynamic peak response occurs over what time duration?

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4-6 s

45
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Control condition in fMRI is

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taks has all features of the experimental task except the specific cognitive variable of interest

46
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fMRI experimental condition:

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TASK IS COMPRISED OF TEH SPECIFIC COGNITIVE VARIABLE OF INTEREST

47
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Activation Maps are__________ on brain images

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superimposed

48
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Limitations of fMRI

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  • limitations of temporal and spatial resolution

- relation between neuronal activity, blood flow and fMRI signals not definitely established

49
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This brain imaging modualtiy usees cyclotorn to prepare radioactive isotorpe tracers incorportated int a biolgoically acctive molecule in physiological sites

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Positron Emission Tomography

50
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When does the scannner image postiron-emitting tracer

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upon its decay

51
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Name too findings in fMRI scan for amygdal, prefrontal cortex, and left parietla low grade astroctyoma

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Amygdala present different in emotions and PFC regions are improtant for memory formation but have prolonged maturational trejectory- mesial temporal lobe/ S[eecj areas areas defined in astrocytoma afftected patient. 2 languages can be in 2 different areas

52
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PET applications

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Blood flow and perfusion
Metabolism (traces glucose and oxygen uptake)
Neurotransmitter Integrity: Ligand/ Neuroreceptor imaging (dopamine synthesis and reuptake- radiotracers bind to rpe and psost synaptic neuroreceptors)

53
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PET advantages over CT or MRI:

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Functional Imaging
Physiologcial variables can be determined

It can distinguish radiation necrosis from tumor recurrence(hypermetabolic) with a high specificity. Radiation necrosis is hypometabolic of FDG-{ET

54
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Which matter is lost in Alzheimer’s Disease?

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Grey; Brain activity correlates with memory decline

55
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Which gene and allele carriers increased brain activation during memory tasks in AD?

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APOE 4gene/ Brain activity correlates with memory decline

56
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What disorders can be detected with PET?

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Psychiatric/ Addictive/ Degenerative Disorders and Epilepsy

It is also useful in grading brain tumors nad determining their progonsis.

57
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Measurements provided by MRI

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Brain structure
Vasculature
Chemical Structure
Fiber Tracts

58
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MRI disadvantages

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Long study duration
No ferromagentic or electronic devices
Clasutrophobic

59
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PET disadvantages

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Ionizing radiation
Costly
limted access
tracer production

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