Neuroradiology

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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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