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Exciting advances in anatomical imaging have greatly improved our capacity to detect pathologic processes in the nervous system, localize these processes precisely, and predict the type of disease more accurately than ever before (Table 1). These advances, coupled with new and emerging therapies for previously untreatable diseases, have expedited the evaluation of patients with neurologic disorders and permitted the rapid initiation of therapy. In acute ischemic stroke, for example, brain imaging is required before the administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, and treatment within three hours of onset greatly improves the outcome.¹

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Imaging Techniques

X-Ray Techniques

Ultrasonography

MRI

Radionuclide Scanning

Imaging in Neurologic Disorders

Cerebrovascular Disease

            Cerebral Infarction

            Cerebral Hemorrhage

            Cerebellar Hemorrhage

            Transient Ischemic Attacks

            Arteriovenous Malformations

            Cerebral Aneurysms

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From the Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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