Fellows’ Journal Club September 2014 (1 of 3) These authors found that increased cerebral blood flow and volume were seen in the basal ganglia of 4.3% of patients with ischemic strokes with CT perfusion. All patients had underlying MCA occlusions,
Editor’s Choice September 2014 (1 of 3) This comparative-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness study assessed the use of CT angiography and perfusion in patients with cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal SAH. The authors found that CTA and CTP should be the preferred imaging
Attached, in PDF, is our latest Neuroradiology-Neuropathology conference. As we tend to do at the beginning of a new academic year, the cases shown are common entities that are encountered quite often. We hope you will like them. August 2014 Neurorad
“Long-Term White Matter Changes after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A 5-Year Prospective Cohort,” published in AJNR’s January issue, has been cited as one of MDLinx’s Top Read Articles of 2014. This open-access study written by J. Dinkel, A. Drier, O.
Attached is our new 2013 September Neuroradiology-Neuropathology conference. Hot off the press, Dr. Claudia Leite, Chief of Neuroradiology at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and adjunct Professor here at UNC, discusses together with our neuropathologist some of our
We are happy to make free of charge what was a superb session during our last ASNR Annual Meeting, in San Diego. The session titled “How Does the Brain Think? From Cytoarchitecture to Neurotransmission and Imaging” was organized by Dr.
STIR is conducting a survey to collect information about the imaging capabilities of centers across the world in the setting of acute stroke. The rationale for the survey is explained in the following link: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/06/11/STROKEAHA.113.001441.long. If you are interested in being
The following article, titled “Biomarkers for the clinical evaluation of the cognitively impaired elderly: amyloid is not enough,” recently appeared in the journal Imaging in Medicine (June 2012). The authors argue that while incorporating biomarkers for assessing Alzheimer’s disease risk can
INTRODUCTION Cavernous angiomas belong to a group of intracranial vascular malformations that are developmental malformations of the vascular bed. These congenital abnormal vascular connections frequently enlarge over time. The lesions can occur on a familial basis. Patients may be asymptomatic,
A 39-year-old man with history of tingling sensation on the left half of Face. MRI revealed a solitary lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum, hyperintense on T2/FLAIR and hypointense on T1W images. There is diffusion restriction. This lesion
