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MRI Brain and Spinal Cord

Proceed one step at a time as follows:

Identification

Ñ    Patient details

Ñ    Date

Ñ    Time

Ventricles or spinal canal

Tissues of brain or spinal cord

Meninges

Subarachnoid, subdural extradural spaces

Bones (detail not as good as CT)

 

T1 weighted image

Ñ    CSF

Black

Ñ    Fat

White

 

T2 weighted image

Ñ    CSF

White

 

Contrast

Ñ    Gadolinium

Ñ    T1 weighted sequence performed

Ñ    Enhancing tissues show up as white signal

Ñ    Enhancement implies breakdown of the blood-brain barrier

 

 

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