23+ Multiple Sclerosis Mri Brain With Contrast Images. Magnetic resonance imaging (mri) is the gold standard imaging technique for the identification of demyelinating lesions which can be used to mr images are said to have contrast if there are differing areas of signal intensity. Multiple sclerosis (ms) is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks the protective covering (myelin) surrounding the mri can reveal telltale areas of damage called lesions, or plaques, on the brain or spinal cord.
The findings support the possibility that contrast enhancement can be omitted.
In an animal model of multiple sclerosis, neurologists have been able to visualize inflammatory tissue damage the scientists from heidelberg and würzburg examined brains and spinal cords of animals at university hospital heidelberg. Personally i do not know nor understand why any doctor who suspects any issues with the brain would order an mri without contrast! Coronal pd image of a brain specimen with ms involvement. Webmd explains how mri works in detecting ms abnormalities and mri can often detect damaged areas in the brain or spinal cord that would be missed by other imaging techniques such as a cat scan.
