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

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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
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[@ghadaqrahi9301]

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

[@docsif]

Super useful, thank you!

[@bundabalika1605]

Simple but very educative.

[@lamiasaadi5294]

Straight to the point, interesting cases thank you 😊

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Great , good work done

[@hoojungrhim8061]

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

[@radiologytutorials]

So glad you found it useful!

[@jasminekaurshinmar424]

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

[@user-sv2bk6qg4d]

Really excellent explanation of Acute Stroke on CTB! Awesome

[@dorcassupa2174]

Excellent talk

[@caiyu538]

great teacher.

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Great lecture.

[@Arshap94]

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.

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

[@susmitasen1111]

Great video! Very helpful

[@slowcuber197]

This helped me to see my stroke :) thanks

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[@radiologytutorials]

Thank you Doug. Glad you enjoyed it!

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I’m glad it helped!

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

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[@ghadaqrahi9301]

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

[@RaviRanjan-rt9fk]

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

[@muznaalkhamisi9327]

Great explanation ,,thanks alot

[@radiologytutorials]

It's a pleasure Muzna. Thank you for watching!

[@fazaltahir4216]

Superb explanation, thanks 😊 a lot

[@radiologytutorials]

Thank you Fazal 🙂

[@williamchiu4]

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

[@sarvejanasukhinobavunthu712]

Thanks Please lecture on mri acute stroke

[@kelumprasanna7262]

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Very difficult subject,but explained very easily,thanks

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My pleasure Monica 🙌🏼

[@azlanraiman7323]

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

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Thank you so so much :)

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It's a pleasure Furkan 😊

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[@radiologytutorials]

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[@prijosidipratomo8736]

Very informative content,please make stroke advance content Bravo sun..keep going

[@radiologytutorials]

Thank you Prijo! More content to come 🙂

[@Gragon]

does early lost gray-white matter dif zone correlate with infarct core? In hyperacute setting before onset of oedema.

[@jimd1394]

Hi..my MRI report says acute ischemia..does this mean I had a stroke ? Or is it possible to have Ischemia without a stroke ? Thanks and best regards

[@autoperformance503]

So my mom had CT Scan of the Brain will that show medulla oblongata in the scan and brainstem?

[@Rick_Sanchez_Jr.]

There was a doctor that made a video recently stating that a CT scan is likely to cause actual cancer in 7-10 years from the radiation even if other doctors try to downplay the radiation amount. What are your thoughts on this?

[@radiologytutorials]

It’s a load of rubbish. (But you see what they’ve done there, now it just looks like I’m downplaying it). There is risk with ionising radiation, albeit very low, and these risks need to be weighed up against the risks associated with not doing the scan. Will make a video one day going over risks and benefits

[@yuiyui3331]

Picture is little blur at 6.18. It would​ be good to be clear. But you explain​ed very c​l​early❤

[@nagehangulludere4523]

Hi Doctor could you pleasehelp me, Iam 32 I got cranial ct scan with siemens 16 My total mAs value is 4751 total DLP:927 Ctdivol 51.52 xray tube current :460 (I think fix value) exposure time 500 . Doctor, total mAs value isn't it so high?? I am so afraid of radiation dose. Could you pease explain me ?

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