August Medical student course Joseph Philip MD
What can head CT show?
Hemorrhagic infarct
Cerebral and basal ganglia
2. Acute Infarct
Case
Right leg weakness
Case
Posterior temporal
Case
Basal ganglia
Internal capsule
Case
Insular ribbon
Case
Cingulate gyrus
Acute or chronic?
one Acute and one Chronic
3. Non contrast Dense vessel and CT angiogram clot
case
Clot on CTA
What is CTA
Axials
Circle of Willis MIP
Basilar Artery
Blister aneurysm Gaughen, J. R., AJNR, 31(4), 640–644.
MR vs CT How images look different How tell apart MRI always better Why ever use CT?
Cerebellar
Lateral medullary infarct
Endovascular Tx
Vessels Why do we care
Vessels How do we image?
Automated Stenosis Calculation Habibi et al. AJNR 30 (1): 46. (2009)
Infarcts
Severe carotid stenosis
Velocities
END Tomandl B. Radiographics 24(3):637 (2004).