title: A "first cut" at interpreting brain mri signal intensities: what's white, what's black, and what's gray.
abstract: We propose that a simple but reasonable initial interpretation of brain and spinal cord MRI can be made by considering whether signal intensity is white or black or gray on precontrast T1-weighted and T2-weighted pulse sequences. We have formulated this task as a 2 x 2 table.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology), Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
authors.forename: Hemant
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Trobe
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005223:Fats; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D005223:Fats