CNS Imaging

Question 1

What is superior at visualizing acute hemorrhage due to either infarction or trauma and small amounts of calcification?

Answer 1

CT

Question 2

What is superior for most applications mother than infarction or trauma or small calcification (e.g. better for neoplasm, older infarction or hemorrhage, demyelination disorders, infection, etc)?

Answer 2

MRI

Question 3

In CNS imaging, what technique is most sensitive and has the advantage of allowing interventional procedures to be simultaneously done, but is highly invasive and often preceded by MRI?

Answer 3

Angiography

Question 4

What 3 techniques are used to evaluate vascular disease in brain and spinal cord?

Answer 4

Angiography
MR angiography
CT angiography