Imaging of Ischemic Stroke/ For Medical students, residents and clinicians

Stroke is a major cause of morbidity, out of which most of the cases are seen in the Emergency department.
Physicians and medical students must be aware of the various presentations of Acute infarction, hyperacute infarction, chronic infarction or encephalomalacia and subacute infarction in a CT scan.
CT scan or cat scan is used in the diagnosis of stroke.
MRI can be used in case of hyperacute stroke ,to diagnose stroke and to guid e for further management of the patient.
Time-codes:
0:00- Query
0:29- Ischemic infarction intro
1:10- Acute infarction imaging
2:27- Subacute infarction imaging
4:07- Chronic infarction imaging.
5:51- Hyperacute infarction imaging
8:57- Role of MRI in infarction
10:07- Differential diagnosis of infarction
12:03- Answer to query
Case courtesy of Dr Abdallah Al Khateeb, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 45517