Proton MRS Spectra for Selected Brain Pathologies

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

Meniscal Tears

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Tags: Meniscus, knee, full-thickness tear

Source:

Araceli Cabanillas's Images from radRounds

Partial Tears of Achilles Tendon

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Tags: Achilles tendon, ankle, partial tears

Source:

Araceli Cabanillas's Images from radRounds

Cardiomyopathies by Cardiac MRI

Tags: CMR, cardiomyopathies

Source:

radRounds

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C)

Tags: ARVD, ARVC, fatty infiltration, myocardial fibrosis, traiangle of dysplasia, protocol, RV 2-chamber view

Sources:

Standardized CMR protocols from SCMR

Jain et al. Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2008) vol. 10 (1) pp. 32

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.

MR Signal Intensity of Aging Blood

Bilateral subdural hematomas of differing age

Tags: Haemoglobin, haemosiderin, hemichromes, oxyhaemoglobin, deoxyhaemoglobin, methaemoglobin, signal evolution.

Reference:

Bradley W G. “MR appearance of hemorrhage in the brain.” Radiology 189, no. 1 (October 1993): 15-26

Bergen D C, Fagnou J M and Sevick R J. Intracerebral Hemorrhage Etiology. In: Magnetic Resonance Tomography. Springer: Berlin Heidelberg, 2008; 335.

Hepatic Cavernous Hemangioma

Tags: Liver, hepatic cavernous hemangioma, heavily T2-weighted sequence, centripetal fill-in.

Reference:

The American College of Radiology, Resident & fellow Section

Clinical Applications of In-& Out-of-Phase Imaging

Adrenal MR Imaging

Liver MR Imaging

Spine MR Imaging

Tags: In-phase, out-of-phase, chemical shift of the second kind, adrenal adenoma, microscopic intracellular fat, macroscopic fat, Indian ink artifact, fatty liver infiltration, hemochromatosis, benign fracture, osteoporotic fracture, pathologic fracture, neoplastic fracture, wedging.

Reference:

The American College of Radiology, Resident & fellow Section

Delayed Hyper-enhancement (HE) Patterns in CMR

Keywords: Subendocardial Infarct, Transmural Infarct, Midwall HE, Epicardial HE, Global Endocardial HE, Ischemic, Non-ischemic.

Source:

Weinsaft et al. MRI for the assessment of myocardial viability. Cardiology clinics (2007) vol. 25 (1) pp. 35-56, v

CMR Imaging of Thrombus

Keywords: CINE-CMR, DE-CMR, Thrombus, Clot