How to read an MRI of the brain?

Basic introduction to systematically analyzing an MRI of the brain, aimed at medical students and young radiology residents at the start of their training. My own personal approach to reading and reporting an MRI of the brain. There are as many approaches as there are radiologists, this one is definitely not the best one, but it works for me. Happy to hear your own tips&tricks to avoid having blind spots and missing (or overanalyzing) certain findings.

0:00 - Introduction
2:24 - FLAIR
24:15 - T2-weighted images
39:42 - T1-weighted images
44:55 - Diffusion weighted images
46:44 - T2*-images
48:20 - Key Messages

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[Heabros]

Please never stop doing videos. Your such a perfect educator!!

[Brx]

Perfect as always! A complete radiologist with a enormous knowledge and experience!

[pyroxblaze]

I'm a neurologist and watched this from start to finish! Will be definitely recommending to my residents and I myself am also aiming to watch your other videos to refresh and add on to my neurorad knowledge!

[igwe_fergie]

Thank you for such an amazing and concise lecture. Much appreciated

[Antaeuse]

I wish I had a teacher like you when I started working. Thank u

[dynamicmind]

Im a Radiology Resident, and your video gives a head start! Thank You!

[matjesmeister]

Thank you so much for your videos, they are an amazing resource for learning!

[DiegoGonzalezMD]

Thanks for sharing! Great lecture as always

[vibesrad]

This is some GOLD content.please make such content frequently🙏🏻

[phalanxee]

Useful for senior radiologist too! Thank you 🤗

[luisfernandomonroyaraux]

Mil gracias, excelente clase maestra.

[gaganwahi]

Very perfect sir ! the approch is very nice. Request more such informative videos

[alaaasaad]

Thank you for good lecture
Please do one on ct brain

[raufali]

Thank you so much. I did not watch better videos on this topic!

[SaiHerrmann]

Excellent as always! Just one question: we always do a coronal Flair in our department. Is it ok to do the assessment of GCA on that one or does it have to be an axial image?

[Dghhvgjnb]

I suffer alot... I have alot of right sided upper teeth pain, right sided nasal cavity pain, right sided throat pain, chest pain, neck stiffness, headache. I feel liquid, horrible preassure in my neck, brain. Right side of my chest is swollen, same to my neck and bone behind me eight ear is swollen, top of my skull is bulgin i lost consiusness for a while. I have symptoms of quadriplegia, light sensitivity. I have eaten antibiotics, cortisone that is not desscriped for me, those were my mothers but those help in my pains, headaches. I went to brain CT, MRI after losing my consciousness for a while, they said everything is ok... Im feeling like im dying... I can't lay down, bend down or I can't get up, having difficulty to breath, sleep paralysis if i lay down. Light sensitivity, confusion, bulging of my eyes, redness, pain in my eyes... Im confused.... I should not take my mothers antibiotics, cortisone but i was so scared... I haven't exprienced anything like this... Im not ok... I have really hard time to focusing anything... I can only sleep in sitting position... Everything feels strange... I have sense of doom and i think i will die.... I hope my family get that justice i deserve... Im frustrated, angry, confused, memory/mind is not working and my eyes hurt alot..

[shastriramroop]

Is there need to scan the entire spine to ? Lesions in the cord?

[jomojomojomojomojomo]

Thanks so much! Do you have a preference regarding fat-saturation on FLAIR images? I noticed both FS and non-FS in your examples

[shastriramroop]

Hi can you point me to the neuroradiology mri sequences video please?

[memoasonaya]

Hey Sven,
Wil je voor ons een presentatie geven betreft ‘imaging of the optic pathway?’ Van de orbita tot aan fissura calcarina, misschien
Ook interessant voor ons presentatie over orbita beeldvorming?
Alvast bedankt!