Normal brain imaging examples

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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
    • example 1: CTA
    • example 2: C- and CTA including VRTs and MIPS
  • CT venogram
    • example 1: C- axial, venogram axial, coronal, sagittal
    • example 2: C- axial, venogram axial, coronal, sagittal
    • example 3: venogram axial thins, 3D VRTs
  • 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" protocol
    • example needed
  • MR venography
    • phase contrast
      • example needed
    • contrast enhanced
      • example 1
    • time-resolved MRV
      • example 1
      • example 2
  • 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
  • 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 DSA
    • example 1
    • example 2
Nuclear medicine
  • SPECT
    • example 1
  • PET
    • 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)
Normal case examples