Axial CT images at the centrum semiovale level show a small left frontal hemorrhage corresponding to shear injury. Axial CT images at the centrum semiovale level show a small left frontal hemorrhage corresponding to shear injury. A, Image from a standard scanner. B, Image at a level comparable with that in A acquired on the portable scanner 8 hours later. Slightly better visualization of the hyperattenuated lesion with the portable scanner is likely due to interval clot retraction and development of perilesional edema. Z. Rumboldt et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2009;30:1630-1636 ©2009 by American Society of Neuroradiology