MRI Routine Brain - Important Structures (Axial) - Video Lesson

Hey, everyone. Welcome to today's lesson on MRI of the routine brain. In this lesson, we will discuss the anatomy of axial images a technologist needs to know. Let's get started. When performing a study of the brain, a variety of weightings and planes of imaging will be included on a protocol. It is important to carefully review and follow protocols established by radiologists. To align axial slices, the slice group will be parallel to a line drawn from the genu to the splenium of the corpus callosum. All anatomy from vertex superior to the foramen magnum inferior should be covered by the slice group. Now let's look at some useful anatomy on the resulting axial images. On this first slice, we can easily identify the gray matter and the white matter along with the gyrus and sulci. The longitudinal fissure divides the cerebrum into right and left halves. A fold of dura mater, termed the fog cerebri, folds into the longitudinal fissure.