Normal brain imaging examples

This article lists examples of normal imaging of the brain and surrounding structures, divided by modality and protocol.

CT

• CT (routine)

  • example 1: C- axial, coronal, sagittal

  • example 2: C- axial, coronal, sagittal & axial bone

  • example 3: C- axial, C+ axial, coronal, sagittal

  • example 4: C- axial, coronal

  • example 5: C- and C+, axial, coronal, sagittal

  • example 6: C- axial

  • example 7: C- thin bones

  • example 8: child (12-years-old)

  • example 9: C+ child (10-years-old)

  • example 10: C- axial with and without anatomical labeling

• CT angiogram (CTA)

  • example 1: CTA

  • example 2: C- and CTA including VRTs and MIPS

• CT venogram (CTV)

  • example 1: C- axial, venogram axial, coronal, sagittal

  • example 2: C- axial, venogram axial, coronal, sagittal

  • example 3: venogram axial thins, 3D VRTs

  • example 4: venogram axial, sagittal and coronal (windowed)

• CT perfusion

  • example 1

• CT myelogram

  • example needed

• CT Code Stroke

  • ​example 1: C-, perfusion and CTA

  • example 2: C- including ASPECTS, perfusion and CTA

MRI

• routine "brain screen" protocol

  • example 1

  • example 2: including SWI

  • example 3: a single image of midline T1

  • example 4: normal coronal T2

  • example 5: with MRV (young teenager)

  • example 6: neonatal brain

  • example 7: with MRA and MRV

• contrast enhanced "tumor" or "infection" protocol

  • example 1: includes post contrast FLAIR

• MR venography

  • phase contrast

    • example needed

  • contrast enhanced

    • example 1

  • time-resolved MRV

    • example 1

    • example 2

    • example 3

• epilepsy protocol

  • example 1: non-focal epilepsy protocol

  • example 2: TLE protocol

• ischemia protocol including angiography

  • example 1

  • example 2

• internal acoustic meatus

  • example 1

  • example 2

• pituitary

  • example 1

  • example 2: single T1 sagittal (13-year-old)

  • example 3: coronal dynamic enhanced stack

  • example 4: sag T1 and T1 C+ single images

  • example 5: normal posterior pituitary bright spot

  • example 6

  • example 7: sag and cor T1 and T1 C+, cor T2, dynamic

  • example 8: sag and cor T1 and T1 C+, cor T2, dynamic

• pineal

  • example 1

• miscellaneous

  • example 1: normal MR spectroscopy diagram

  • example 2: 'The works' including MRA and phase/magnitude

DSA

• Four-vessel catheter angiography

  • example 1

  • example 2

Nuclear medicine

• SPECT

  • example 1

• PET

  • example 1

• DAT 

  • example 1

Plain films

• skull x-ray

  • example 1: AP/lateral

  • example 2: lateral only

• shunt series

  • example 1

  • example 2

  • example 3

  • example 4 (pediatric)