Intra cranial imaging concern

1. TheBrainFrom diagnostic imaging text book Grainger Ch 60
Presented by Dr Laith fadhel

2. Lobar anatomy

3. Grey & white
matter
•Grey Matter / 6 layers ,
neurons 100 billion / 2-5 mm
thickness /+ glial cells / + cortical
capillaries
•White Matter / bundles of axons
+ glial cells + penetrating vessels +
fatty myelin sheath –
oligodendrocytes + Schwann cells /
U- fibers

4. Limbic system +
hypothalamus + pituitary
gland
•Limbic / amygdala
+hippocampus + Para
hippocampus gyrus +cingulate +
subcallosal + associated
structures
•Hypothalamus
•Pituitary

5. Lobar anatomy

6. Ventricular system &
subarachnoid Space
CSF produce by choroid plexuses +
transudation of fluid from brain
capillaries 500 ml / per day
150ml normally intra cranial and
spinal

7. Cerebellum + Brainstem

8. Cerebral vasculature

9. Cerebral
vasculature

10. Intra cranial veins

11. Techniques for imaging the brain and cerebral vasculature
CT

12. Techniques for imaging the brain and cerebral vasculature
MRI