Neuroradiology

Question 1

What is a pneumoencephalogram?

Answer 1

remove CSF, replace with air, X-ray to see ventricles and detect shift

Question 2

What is MRI not good at?

Answer 2

Air and Bone: CT better

Question 3

when is ultrasound imaging used for brain?

Answer 3

neonates

Question 4

functional MRI measures what?

Answer 4

activity of blood-O2 in areas of the brain

Question 5

what is tractography?

Answer 5

using dominant direction that water can move in order to image white matter tracts

Question 6

Nuclear Medicine for?

Answer 6

PET scans to detect labelled glucose for activity

Question 7

T1 better for?

Answer 7

cortical thickening identification

Question 8

T2 better for?

Answer 8

outlining abnormal physiology

Question 9

what is lentiform nucleus made up of?

Answer 9

Caudate n.

globus pallidus

Question 10

4 parts to limbic system?

Answer 10

hippocampus
amygdala
anterior thalamic n.
fornix

Question 11

what’s the most common cause of temporal lobe epilepsy?

Answer 11

hippocampal sclerosis: cured by resection

Question 12

Jourbert syndrome?

Answer 12

absent vermis in cerebellum

Question 13

Kallman syndrome?

Answer 13

No olfactory nerves

Question 14

chiropractic manips can cause what?

Answer 14

arterial dissections

Question 15

What is a watershed stroke?

Answer 15

happens between vascular territories = hypoperfusion with stenosis: elderly

Question 16

2 important veins to know in brain?

Answer 16

1. superior anastomotic vein of Trolard

2. inferior anastomotic vein of Labbe

Question 17

Caudate and Putamen make?

Answer 17

striatum

Question 18

Putamen and Globus Pallidus make?

Answer 18

Lentiform nucleus