Book chapter
Chapter 15 - Scalp and Skull Lesions
Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Brain
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
01/01/2009
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78785-3_15
Abstract
Diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging has recently been included as a standard magnetic resonance (MR) sequence of the brain. The use of DW imaging in the evaluation of brain pathology has been extensively studied. The imaging findings of scalp and skull lesions are often nonspecific and include various benign and malignant pathological conditions. DW imaging demonstrates characteristics unique to certain etiologies, such as cholesteatomas, epidermoids, abscesses, hypercellular tumors, and diffuse leukemic bone marrow infiltration, which assists in developing the differential diagnosis. DW imaging in the evaluation of scalp and skull lesions has lagged behind somewhat because of the technical limitations involved in imaging bone, air, and soft tissue interfaces. However, the DW imaging with its inherent fat saturation enhances the conspicuity of the scalp and skull lesions with nulling of the scalp fat.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Chapter 15 - Scalp and Skull Lesions
- Creators
- Jack Kademian - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Brain
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-78785-3_15
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984320008702771
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