How to read a CT brain scan: Acute ischaemic stroke for beginners

Acute ischaemic stroke - CT scan features for beginners. Signs of acute infarction on CT brain.

In this video I provide a basic approach to assessing for acute ischaemic stroke on CT scan. We review the cerebrovascular anatomy focussing on cerebral vascular territories and the Circle of Willis.

This should help those looking to learn how to read head CT imaging.

We cover the hyperdense artery sign, the insular ribbon sign and the disappearing basal ganglia sign.

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I hope you find this useful! I would love to hear from you in the comment section.
Happy learning everyone.

Dr Michael Nel

The playlist for these cases can be found here:

[ghadaqrahi]

Very helpful, i did my first ischmic stroke CT 😂 today and i was watching yr vedio while reporting it, many thnx

[lamiasaadi]

Straight to the point, interesting cases thank you 😊

[svbkqgd]

Really excellent explanation of Acute Stroke on CTB! Awesome

[kevin]

Hey, just wanted to thank you for your videos. They're life-savers for an R1.

[zhinorashid]

Thanks a lot for this beautiful explanation. Wish you success.

[subramanyamchittivelu]

You did a great job in explaining the CT scan of brain

[thabangmoarabi]

Please don't apologize for anything. Your Videos are great and I wish I could tell you how impactful they are to us beginners. Thank you so much for this resource. We appreciate your time.

[Arshap]

Very informative tutorial. Thanks brother. A bachelors graduand and now seeking to get my first CT scan job. This video has been a breath of fresh air surely, my confidence has just skyrocketed. I'm gonna be stack here forever. Randomly landed on yo channel as I was preparing for my interview and I smashed all the questions and the Radiologists were left in awe.

[ghadaqrahi]

I really finding your vedios are very helpful, just started st 1 and those vedios make things easier for me to understand, plz continue do them

[SupraTentoriaL]

This is superb - excellent choice of cases and teaching material, and so well elucidated. Thank you!

[dougspaeth-cook]

Awesome content! Thank you for making this.

[slowcuber]

This helped me to see my stroke :) thanks

[jasminekaurshinmar]

really helpful. please could you do more videos on how to approch a ct head and other pathologies.

[williamchiu]

Thank you for the wonderful explanation, it helps me a lot as a junior doctor who is constantly being asked to screen for signs of acute ischemic stroke on a non-contrast ct brain scan

[wildernesswarcry]

Thanks for the info you've shared. It was very helpful

[RaviRanjan-rtfk]

Sir thanks a lot for such a beautiful talk.kindly give a talk on Arnold chiari malformation

[sarvejanasukhinobavunthu]

Thanks
Please lecture on mri acute stroke

[azlanraiman]

awesome video! can u share on how do you interpret CT perfusion for stroke? 😄

[hoojungrhim]

Thank you so much for the video. It will greatly help the dreaded night shifts alone without an attending

[bhoopathybalasubramanian]

Very difficult subject, but explained very easily, thanks