1. Advancements In Diagnostic Imaging Techniques Of The Brain
... contrast medium intravenously, as this allows the CAT scanner to help improve the detection any abnormality (Williams and Haughton 250-52). The technique of CAT scans is used frequently in the diagnosis of injury and disease of the brain, such diseases are often notable on a CT film as physiological changes occur within the cranial cavity. One notable change which most ... commonly occurs is atrophy, the irreversible loss of brain substance that results in enlarged ventricles and sulci (Williams and Haughton 250-52). Atrophy may be a result of trauma, inflamation, cerebrovascular diseas...
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