Proton MRS Spectra for Selected Brain Pathologies

Tags: MRS, MR Spectroscopy, Metabolites, Low Grade Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Metastasis, Meningioma

Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)

Tags: Arterial spin labeling, ASL, pASL, CBF, PICORE, QUIPSS, Q2TIPS, Magnetization Transfer

Source:
Petersen. Non-invasive measurement of perfusion: a critical review of arterial spin labelling techniques. British Journal of Radiology (2006) vol. 79 (944) pp. 688-701

Jahng et al. Improved perfusion-weighted MRI by a novel double inversion with proximal labeling of both tagged and control acquisitions. Magn. Reson. Med. (2003) vol. 49 (2) pp. 307-314

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (II/II) - Image Gallery

Tags: Susceptibility Weighted Imaging, SWI, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Microbleeds

Source:

Mittal et al. Susceptibility-weighted imaging: technical aspects and clinical applications, part 2. AJNR American journal of neuroradiology (2009) vol. 30 (2) pp. 232-52

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (I/II)

Tags: Magnetic Susceptibility, SWI, Phase-weighted Magnitude Image, T2*

Pitfalls of Diffusion Weighted Imaging

Tags: Diffusion Weighted Imaging, DWI, T2 Shine-through, T2 Washout, T2 Blackout

Source:

Pitfalls & Artifacts in DW Imaging. In: M. Toshio, E. Sven, W. Per-Lennart (eds.), Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Brain. Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg, 2nd ed., 2009: 23-29.

Protocol for MRI of the Brain

Tags: Brain, Protocol, FLAIR, DWI, SWI

Source:

P.M. Parizel et al. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain. In: P. Reimer et al. (eds.), Clinical MR Imaging. Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg, 2010; 108-194.

Brain MRI (Imaging Planes)

Tags: Brain MRI, imaging plane, bicommissural line, fastigium, 4th ventricle, sella turcica, corpus callosum

Source:

P.M. Parizel et al. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain. In: P. Reimer et al. (eds.), Clinical MR Imaging. Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg, 2010; 108-194.

Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC)

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Tags: Cerebral perfusion, dynamic susceptibility contrast, DSC, signal-time curve, concentrative-time curve, arterial input function, AIF, relCBV, rCBF, MTT

Source:

Swanson SD. MR Methods to Measure Cerebral Perfusion. In: MR Imaging in White Matter Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005; 83-91.

Dural Sinus Thrombosis

MR Anatomy of Cerebral Venous System

MR Imaging Techniques

Tags: Dural sinus thrombosis, cerebral veins, time-of-flight, phase contrast, CE-MRA, MRA, MRV, MR Venography

Sources:

F. Allan Midyett F A, Fisher L, and Suresh Mukherji S. Imaging Dural Sinus Thrombosis. In: Current Protocols in Magnetic Resonance Imaging. John Wiley & Sons, 2003; A2.1.1 - A.2.1.12.

Anzalone N and Tartaro A. Intracranial MR Angiography. In: Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Techniques,Indications and Practical Applications. Springer: Verlag Italia, 2005; 109-122.

Leach et al. Imaging of cerebral venous thrombosis: current techniques, spectrum of findings, and diagnostic pitfalls. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc (2006) vol. 26 Suppl 1 pp. S19-41; discussion S42-3.

Bergen D C, Fagnou J M and Sevick R J. Cerebrovascular Disease. In: Magnetic Resonance Tomography. Springer: Berlin Heidelberg, 2008; 329.