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Head/ Brain injury imaging Flashcards

1
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Imaging for stroke ?

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CT

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imaging for malformation and inborn disease ?

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MRI

if CI, then use CT

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Imaging for Brain trauma?

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CT

MRI as 2nd line

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Imaging for cerebrovascular disease?

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CT+angio/MRI+angio

Angiography for the intervention part

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In brain trauma what imaging is particulary important for hemmorhage?

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MRI

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6
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Imaging for neurodegenerative diseases?

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MRI

and/or PET/SPECT

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Imaging for infectious/inflammatory disease in the brain?

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MRI

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Imaging for tumors in the brain?

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MRI+contrast and/or functional imaging

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what is the main technique for morphological and functional imaging of the brain?

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MRI

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10
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How does malignant brain tumors appear on MRI?

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Intense, non-homogenous impregnation

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What is an Arteriography?

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An imaging test that uses x-rays and a special dye to see inside the arteries.

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what is Digital subtraction angiography?

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A fluoroscopy technique used in interventional radiology to clearly visualize blood vessels in a bony or dense soft tissue environment.

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What is a fluoroscope?

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an instrument with a fluorescent screen used for viewing X-ray images without taking and developing X-ray photographs.

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What is the indication of Digital subtraction angiography?

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treat brain aneurysm, arterio-venous malformation and occlusion/stenosis.

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what is the use of US in head imaging?

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Very useful for newborn brain

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Hypodense lesion on brain CT indicates?

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Ischemia

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Hyperdense lesion on brain CT indicates?

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Hemorrhage

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What is the advantage of CTA over DSA?

*Digital subtraction angiography

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CTA carries less of a risk for developing neurological complications compared with DSA because of the minimally invasive nature of the procedure.

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What contrast do we use in brain CT?

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Iodine

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How does brain atrophy appear on CT?

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Dilation of ventricles and subarachanoid space

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what is the origin of the word Tomography?

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Tomos - cut

22
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In what color does CSF appear on MRI T-2 weighted?

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White

water is white

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka-HBXP5ERA

23
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Looking at MRI you see:
CSF appears black it can be

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FLAIR or T-1 weighted

24
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Looking at brain MRI, looking at the sulcus, outside is grey, and inside is white, what is the weighting?

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T1

“like normal brain”

25
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Best way to do MRI for anatomic details of the head?

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T1 weighted with contrast

26
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What is the contrast agent used when we do MRI T1 weighted with contrast?

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Gadolinium

27
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What is the relevancy of T2-weighted MRI imaging in the head?

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CNS pathologies, since they tend to accumulate water

T2 it’s an image of the water content

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Why do we use MRI or CT in dementias?

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To exclude secondary forms (hematomas/neoplasms)

29
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What do we see in primary forms of dementia on CT/MRI?

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Signs of atrophy (dilation of ventricles)

30
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Why do we use PET/SPECT for dementias?

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To differentiate different forms of dementia

Alzheimer- reduced function of parietal frontal cortex

31
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what do we see on CT when lookin for parkinson?

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usually it’s negative

32
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How does Parkinson’s disease appear on MRI?

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Atrophy of the compact part of the substantia nigra

33
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What are some uses of FLAIR in brain imaging?

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To detect atrophy, white matter plaques, and demyelination.

34
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Imaging used in acute phase (Trauma) of injury and later it’s monitoring?

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MRI and CT

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When is it beneficial for to use Multi detector CT?

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Very useful in Polytraumatic patient

36
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What is the appearance of post-traumatic hemorrhage lesions on CT, in respect to normal tissue?

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Hyperdense

37
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What is the appearance of post-traumatic edema lesions on CT, in respect to normal tissue?

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Hypodense

38
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After three days since the head trauma, what is the imaging of choice?

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CT

especially for the hemorrgic component

39
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Carotid-cavernous fistulas (CCF) can form in skull base fractures. In these cases, the 1st level investigation is?

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ANGIO-CT

40
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Angio-CT is done with contrast?

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yes

41
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do we use contrast agent in Angio-MR?

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No!!!

42
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Imaging for movement disorders?

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MRI

Among the most frequent is certainly Parkinson’s disease (caused by a dysfunction of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system

43
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In parkinson’s disease, CT is usually negative or positive?

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Negative

Unless there is associated cerebrovascular disease

44
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How do we see Parkinson’s disease on MRI?

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Show signs of atrophy
and thinning/disappearance of PARS COMPATTA of SUBSTANTIA NIGRA.

45
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What can be the use of PET/SPECT in movement disorders?

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with dopaminergic tracers can show reduced dopaminergic function of the putamen and caudate basal nuclei.

46
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What is the imaging indicated in cognitive deterioration, Dementia?

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CT or MRI

47
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What can allow us an early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease?

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Atrophy of the unco-hippocampal region can be highlighted with MRI

The measurement of the volume of this region with segmentation techniques seems to be able to allow an early diagnosis of the disease

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What is the use of PET and SPECT in different types of dementias?

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Used as 2nd level techniques to highlight functional alterations that allow differentiating different forms of dementia

49
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What functional deficits we see in Alzheimer’s disease?

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Temporo-parietal association cortex that extend over time to the frontal one

With sparing of the primary sensorimotor cortex, the basal nuclei and the cerebellum.

50
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what deficits we see in frontotemporal dementias?

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Frontotemporal lobe functional deficits

51
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What part of the brain in dementia with Lewy bodies is reduced?

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Occipital activity

52
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on PET/SPECT what area of the brain it’s activity is impaired in Huntington’s chorea?

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Heads of the caudate nuclei

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