Anatomy for Neuroimaging

J. Keith Smith, M.D., Ph.D.

Neuroradiology
 Neuro-Anatomy
• Skull and Meninges (Dura, Pia)
• Vasculature: Veins and Arteries
• Surface Anatomy-Lobes, gyri, Sulci
• Histologic-Broadman’s
• Functional-motor, sensory, speech
• White Matter
• Cross sectional imaging
Skull and Meninges
Intracranial Hemorrhage
 Cranial nerves

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http://www.teaching-
biomed.man.ac.uk/resources/wwwcal/
cranial_nerves/page1.asp
Arterial Blood Supply

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Anterior circulation
Internal carotid arteries
Posterior circulation
Vertebral arteries
Anatomy and Vascular Territories of the 3 Main Cerebral Arteries:
Middle Cerebral Artery
Anterior Cerebral Artery and Posterior Cerebral Artery
Cortical Areas Supplied by the
MCA, ACA and PCA
Superficial and Deep Arterial Supply to the Cerebral Hemispheres
Coronal Plane
Superficial and Deep Arterial Supply to the Cerebral Hemisphere
Axial Plane
Lenticulostriate Arteries Supply the Basal Ganglia and Internal Capsule
Arterial Supply of the Thalamus and Basal Ganglia
Ischemic: MCA Infarct
Ischemic: Lacunar Infarct
Ischemic: Basilar Thrombosis
 Surface Anatomy-Lobes

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lobe.html
 Surface Anatomy-Gyri & Sulci

http://www.univie.ac.at/anatomie2/plastinatedbrain/surfaceanatomy/surfa
ce-suplat-text.html
Lateral
 Medial

http://www.univie.ac.at/anatomie2/plastinatedbrain
/surfaceanatomy/surface.html
Histological Anatomy-Broadman’s
Functional- Motor Cortex
Somatic Sensory Cortex
Language Areas
 Talaraic Atlas

http://www.neuro.spc.org/talaraic/
White Matter-DTI
 White Matter Fiber Tracts

Association Projection Callosum

Wakana S, Jiang H, Nagae-Poetscher LM, van Zijl PC, Mori S. Fiber tract-based atlas of human white matter
anatomy. Radiology. 2004 Jan;230(1):77-87. Epub 2003 Nov 26.
 Ventricles

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Normal CT
Normal MRI T1 Weighted
Normal MRI T2 Weighted
5D 6Mo 14Mo
 Misc Web resources
http://www.neuropat.dote.hu/anatomy.htm

http://www.temple.edu/acb/aker/Gross Brain Show/slide2.htm