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Introduction to MRI Head Imaging
Ryan Hakimi, DO, MSDirector, Critical Care Neurology
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Neurology
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterJanuary 16, 2015
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DISCLOSURES
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURENothing to disclose
UNLABELED/UNAPPROVED USES DISCLOSURENothing to disclose
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Objectives Describe the pros and cons of MRI versus CT when
imaging the head Discuss some common MRI sequences Illustrate the appearance of acute ischemic stroke on
various MRI head sequences Present MRI head imaging of other common
neurological diagnoses
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Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Uses a magnet and radio waves to create an image based on changes in alignment of protons in the tissue
TerminologyHyperintense (bright, white)Hypointense (dark, black)
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Advantages of MRI over CT Head
No radiationCan image in multiple planes (axial, sagital,
coronal, oblique)Superior soft tissue imagingCan image some vessels without contrast
(MRA head)Many different sequences allow for
specialized imagingCan image the brainstem and cerebellum
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Disadvantages of MRI vs CT Head
Inferior bone imagingCostLonger study timeImages degraded by motionCan not image patient with pacemaker,
claustrophobia, metallic foreign bodies (bullet)
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Axial T1
T1 looks like a CT
CSF is black
(hypointense)
orbit
pons
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Sagital T1
atrophy
corpus collosum
pons
cerebellum
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Coronal with contrast (gadolinium)
With contrast can see
hyperintensity of the blood
vessels
Good for visualization of
hyppocampi
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Axial T2
T2 has white
(hyperintense)CSF
lateral ventriclesfrontal horn
occipital horn
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DWI brainstem
Breakdown of blood brain barrier
acute ischemic stroke
acute demyelination
acute trauma
Right pontine ischemic infarction
T2 shine through
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T2* acute ICH
(gradient echo)
Blood will appear black
(hypointense)
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Acute Ischemic StrokeDWI T1
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Acute Ischemic StrokeT2 FLAIR (fluid-attenuated inversion
recovery)
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Acute Ischemic StrokeT2*
petechial hemorrhages within the ischemic tissue
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MRA (LMCA patent)
Image can be rotated, left is not always on the right side of the screen, must look at labels
L R
internal corotid artery
anterior cerebral artery
middle cerebral artery
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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Central atrophy (large
ventricles) out of proportion to
peripheral atrophy (minimal
atrophy)
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Meningioma
Extraaxial brain tumor
(outside of the brain) displacing
The brain)
Enhances with gadolinium
Has a dural tail
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Multiple Sclerosis
Periventricular white matter hyperintensities, some of which enhance, from National MS Center
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GAD with NSF
Puts patients at risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosisFibrosis of skin, eyes, organs
Gadolinium can not be administered in patients:Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 30 or lessOn dialysis
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Questions
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Thank you