A patient is brought into the emergency room showing symptoms such as dropping mouth and slurred speech. The doctor suspects a stroke and immediately arranges a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the patient's head to aid diagnostics. Discuss why the doctor may have suggested a CT scan over magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Describe in detail the physical basis of CT. The next day after the patient has been hospitalized the doctor decides to have a MRI to complement the diagnosis. Name one advantage of MRI compared to CT. Describe in detail the physical basis of MRI. The are two main types of stroke: ischemic, caused by a lack of blood flow and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. On the basis of the CT scan, discuss how each type of stroke would appear in the CT scan. Since the patient has hypercholesterolemia and reported pain in the left arm during hospitalisation, the doctor wants to clarify if the patient may suffer from atherosclerosis in the carotid artery. Name a technique that may be most appropriate the badside to clarify the condition. Describe the physical basis of this
A patient is brought into the emergency room showing symptoms such as dropping mouth and slurred speech. The doctor suspects a stroke and immediately arranges a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the patient's head to aid diagnostics. Discuss why the doctor may have suggested a CT scan over magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Describe in detail the physical basis of CT. The next day after the patient has been hospitalized the doctor decides to have a MRI to complement the diagnosis. Name one advantage of MRI compared to CT. Describe in detail the physical basis of MRI. The are two main types of stroke: ischemic, caused by a lack of blood flow and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. On the basis of the CT scan, discuss how each type of stroke would appear in the CT scan. Since the patient has hypercholesterolemia and reported pain in the left arm during hospitalisation, the doctor wants to clarify if the patient may suffer from atherosclerosis in the carotid artery. Name a technique that may be most appropriate the badside to clarify the condition. Describe the physical basis of this
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