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Neuroradiology
Computed tomography (CT) scan – anatomy
Non-contrast CT scan
Normal brain anatomy
Normal spinal anatomy
CT angiography
Intracranial vasculature – branches of internal carotid artery, vertebral artery, circle of Willis
Spinal arterial supply
CT venogram
Dural venous sinuses
Deep venous drainage of brain
CT scan – pathology
Sinus and skull base – normal anatomy
Orbit anatomy
Sinus/facial anatomy, ENT
Cribriform plate, crista galli, ethmoid
Skull base anatomy
Foramen and the structures transmitted
Temporal bone anatomy
CT head pathology
Skull base fractures, CSF leaks
Lytic lesions of the skull
CT spine pathology including fractures
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain - anatomy
Variants – MRA, MRV, DWI, MR spectroscopy, fMRI
Normal anatomy
Surface and brain anatomy
White matter tracts
Ventricular anatomy
Subarachnoid spaces and cisterns
Basal ganglia and thalamus
Sellar anatomy and cavernous sinus anatomy
Pineal anatomy
Brainstem
Cranial nerves
Cerebellum
CT/MRI brain – vascular
Stroke
Ischemic
Hemorrhagic
aSAH
IPH
Traumatic ICH, including EDH, SDH, SAH, DAI
Sinus thrombosis
Vascular anomalies – aneurysm, AVM, cavernous malformation
CT/MRI brain – neoplasm
Extra-axial
Meningioma
Schwannoma, fibromas
Pituitary tumors, hypothalamic tumor
Epidermoid, dermoid, lipomas
Meningeal metastases
Intra-axial
Primary brain tumors – glioma, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, etc.
Metastatic disease
CNS lymphoma – primary and secondary
CT/MRI brain – congenital
Cleavage disorders
Holoprosencephaly, lissencephaly, anencephaly, heterotopic migration
Cysts
Dandy Walker, mega cisterna magna, arachnoid cyst
CT/MRI brain – infectious and metabolic
Infectious disease
Abscess – bacterial/TB/fungus
Meningitis
Encephalitis – SSEP/ADEM
Neurocysticercosis
HIV/immunosuppressed
Metabolic-degenerative
Sarcoid
Normal aging brain
MS
Imaging variants
PET
SPECT
MRI spine – normal anatomy
Cervical – Cranio-cervical junction
Thoracic
Lumbar: Cauda equina
MRI spine pathology
Degenerative
Basilar invagination
Disc herniation
Spinal stenosis
Trauma
Compression vs burst fractures
Ligamentous injury
Hematoma
Neoplasm
Metastatic
Vertebral bodies
Vertebral canal/spinal cord
Extradural
Intradural
Extramedullary
Intramedullary
Vascular
AVM
Cavernous malformation
Congenital
Dysraphism
Demyelinating/infectious
Guillain Barre syndrome
Transverse myelitis
Discitis/osteomyelitis
Epidural abscess – bacterial/TB/fungal
Angiography – cranial and spinal
Normal cerebral anatomy
Persistent vessels
Pathologies
Aneurysms
AVIM/dAVF
Cavernous sinus anatomy
Spinal angiogram
Normal anatomy
Pathologies
Miscellaneous
Ultrasound
Myelography
Radioisotope imaging, nuclear medicine
X-ray – skull, spine
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