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B R Condon

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The use of in vitro magnetic resonance tissue studies to optimise pulse sequences in the imaging of intracranial haemorrhage.

The choice of appropriate MR pulse sequences to highlight a particular pathology to best advantage is not always straightforward. In this study of intracranial haemorrhage, tissue relaxation times measured in vitro were entered into a computer program which calculated the signal intensity of each tissue (brain, blood, CSF, and bloody CSF) for all possible echo (TE) and repeat (TR) times. Analysis of graph plots of the results enabled the selection of pulse sequences which gave optimal separation of the signal intensities of intracranial haemorrhage from those of normal intracranial contents. The sequences thus chosen were used successfully in the imaging of patients with intracranial haemorrhage.

Cerebral Hemorrhage

Multi-modality image combination: five techniques for simultaneous MR-SPECT display.

Increasingly, images are being acquired of the same patient using two or more diagnostic imaging modalities. If one such modality is MRI then a data set showing essentially anatomical information is produced. If the second is SPECT using HMPAO then a data set showing cerebral perfusion is also produced. The ability to conjoin such anatomical and functional data is an important goal in radiology. In this technical report five display strategies are investigated as a means of conveying simultaneously to the radiologist all the information from two such data sets. Illustrative examples are given for each display technique. Preliminary observations are made regarding comprehensibility, information loss and efficiency in conveying all the information simultaneously, for all five techniques.

Brain Injuries