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| Will patients with head trauma be more likely to receive plain X-ray imaging or CT imaging? |
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| What 2 different “windows” are used in CT imaging? |
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| bone window and soft tissue window |
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Which of the following can be readily imaged with CT scans of the cranium?
a.Optic canal
b. Foramen rotundum
c. Foramen ovale
d. Internal acoustic meatus
e. Jugular Foramen |
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| What advantage does MRI provide when imaging the skull and CNS? |
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| MRI usually provides much better resolution of the brain and spinal cord tissues than other imaging modalities. Also, many types of CNS pathology can be better visualized with MRI. |
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| In which MRI mode will the CSF be dark? |
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| What mode of MRI is most useful in visualizing CNS pathology related to hemorrhagic bleeding? |
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| Name three imaging methods used to gain information about the function or functional states of different regions of the brain. |
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| Of the methods that are the answers to the previous question, which require the use of radioactive compounds? |
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| What component of blood does F-MRI make use of to generate images? |
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| the iron in the hemoglobin molecules. |
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