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Chapter 1

The basics

Refresh your memory with an anatomy primer on the brain and skull. You’ll also learn how to manipulate CT imaging controls to improve views of a suspected pathology.
4 lessons
18m
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Chapter 2

Trauma imaging

Here, you’ll learn to recognize and localize hemorrhages on CT as well as identify the cause. You’ll also cover common CT interpretation errors made in the context of trauma.
6 lessons
32m
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Chapter 3

Stroke imaging

Recognize an infarct on CT and know which findings may urgently alter patient management, as well as how to differentiate hemorrhage from contrast staining after thrombolysis.
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26m
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Chapter 4

Nontraumatic hemorrhage

Learn where and how to look for subarachnoid hemorrhages and aneurysms on CT, and how to form a reasonable differential for the patient with nontraumatic brain hemorrhage.
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34m
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Chapter 5

Brain tumor imaging

Here, you’ll learn how to recognize extra-axial tumors as well as the three most common axial tumors. You’ll also cover typical CT findings for primary and metastatic brain tumors.
4 lessons
24m
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Chapter 6

Seizures and epilepsy

Here, you’ll learn how to approach CT with patients experiencing their first seizure and know when it is appropriate to use MRI and contrast in the evaluation of such patients.
3 lessons
9m
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Chapter 7

Metabolic disorders, infections, and demyelination

Learn how to recognize brain infections, MS, and other demyelinating diseases on CT. You’ll also learn how to identify metabolic disorders, poisoning, or hypoxia.
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16m
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Chapter 8

Skull abnormalities

In this chapter, you’ll cover typical CT findings for head fractures, arrested pneumatization, fibrous dysplasia, and hemangiomas of bone that may be mistaken for neoplasm.
4 lessons
14m
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Chapter 9

Bonus chapter (non-accredited)—Secrets of CT Physics

In this bonus content, you will learn to identify some common artifacts that appear on CT images so that you do not mistake them for pathology.
3 lessons
17m
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Alexander Mamourian, MD
Alex is a Professor Emeritus of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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