You will forget more than 50% of what you learn within an hour and over 2/3rds by the end of the day. When I want to learn something new, my usual method is to read journal articles or go to a meeting that covers the topic. Knowledge comes in, has a quick cup of tea …
The Problem: Acute cerebellar infarcts are easy to see on diffusion imaging, but small chronic infarcts in the cerebellum are often missed because they are confused with normal cerebellar sulci. How do you differentiate small chronic cerebellar infracts from normal sulci? The Answer: In the Cerebellar Hemispheres: Normal: Chronic Infarct: Infarcts usually run perpendicular to the …
The 2016 ISMRM Annual Meeting is being held in Singapore, which is great news for us in this region. But is it worth going to? It depends…. I have been to a number of ISMRM meetings over the years and its a huge meeting, but the difficulty from a radiologist’s perspective, is that it …
INTRO: Cerebral tumefactive amyloid is a rare mass like form of cerebral amyloid. PATHOLOGY: Caused by vasculitis +/- perivasculitis which is an autoimmune response to the amyloid deposition. KEY IMAGING POINTS: MRI findings similar to a glioma/ treated lymphoma with T2 hyper intensity and mass effect. Can demonstrate leptomeningeal enhancement over the region of abnormality, however …
CEREBRAL TUMEFACTIVE AMYLOID: CANCER IS NOT THE ANSWER Leer más »
Quick Journal Review: Should you use T2* or SWI sequences to detect cerebral microbleeds.Which sequence is more sensitive? Journal Article: SWI or T2*: Which MRI Sequence to Use in the Detection of Cerebral Microbleeds? The Karolinska Imaging Dementia Study S. Shams et al AJNR 36:1089–95 Jun 2015 Intro: Different sequences can be used to detect …
SWI OR T2*: WHICH MRI SEQUENCE TO USE IN THE DETECTION OF CEREBRAL MICROBLEEDS? Leer más »
Most radiology articles, books, websites and conferences are in English. Great if you speak and understand English well, but in the 10 years of giving talks and hands on workshops in the SE Asian region, I have found that most people would prefer the information,and will learn a lot more, in their own language. So …
This was the first time that I have been to the National Neuroscience Institute’s (NNI) Advanced Neuroradiology Course despite living in Singapore for over 10 years. I tend to limit the number of conferences I attend as I find that the practical educational return for the amount of money and time spent is poor. I …
