Identify the Imaging Modality

Erin Zingarelli

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

erin.zingarelli@gmail.com


Publication Date: 20130805

DDx

The following is an example of cranial imaging in a patient presenting with headache.

  1. Can you identify the imaging modality?

    MRI - T1

    Incorrect - this is not an MRI sequence.
    CT

    Correct! The thickness of the bones of the skull and haziness of the soft tissues give away the fact that this is a CT scan.
    MRI - T2

    Incorrect - this is not an MRI sequence.
    MRI - FLAIR

    Incorrect - this is not an MRI sequence.

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