Jonathan H. Burdette MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

1) Understand the latest brain imaging techniques and how they can be used in routine clinical practice. 2) Recognize commonly missed or misinterpreted findings/abnormalities. 3) Recognize imaging features of various brain pathologic entities, such as neoplastic, infectious, inflammatory, and vascular diseases.  

Magnetic Resonance Imaging continues to be the workhorse technique in brain imaging. The brain imaging capabilities of MRI continue to make MRI a more sensitive and specific diagnostic tool compared with CT for most clinical entities. The past 15 years has ushered in the era of Physiologic MRI techniques, such as diffusion-weighted imaging, diffuson tensor imaging, gadolinium-based and arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging, spectroscopy, functional MRI (fMRI), and, most recently, connectivity/network-based imaging. This presentation will cover the MR imaging features of several brain pathologic entities, and some of the latest brain MR imaging techniques will be introduced.

Burdette, J, Brain.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14001472.html