Assessment of Image Content

Regions to inspect methodically Qualities Descriptors
Midline Shift to right or left in mm or cm.
Ventricles, Cisterns, Sulci

Brain Structures

  • Lobes, Gyri, Corona Radiata

  • Basal Ganglia, Thalami, Capsules, Corpus Callosum

  • Brain Stem, Cerebellum

Bone

Scalp

Size enlarged, small, compressed, distended, hypertrophic, atrophic

Shape

wedge shaped, lobulular, multilobulated, spherical, ovoid, eliptical, irregular, flat

Symmetry

symmetric, asymmetric
Density/Attenuation hyperdense, hypodense, isodense

Displacement

superiorly, inferiorly, anteriorly, posteriorly, laterally, medially

Integrity

absent, atrophic, aplastic, fractured, lacerated, contused, necrosis, infarction, etc
Grey-white differentiation intact, present, absent, reduced
Lesions

present or absent, location, number, enhancement characteristics, size, shape

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