MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE NORMAL FELINE BRAIN |
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| Authors: | Lola C Hudson DVM PhD Laurent Cauzinille DVM Joe N Kornegay DVM PhD Mary B Tompkins DVM PhD |
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| Institution: | Departments of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, (LCH) Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, (LC, JNK) and Microbiology, Parasitology, and Pathology (MBT), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606. |
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| Abstract: | The Purpose of this study was to produce an atlas of magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the feline brain and associated structures. The head of nine clinically normal cats was imaged in 2 or 3 anatomic planes and 3 sets of technical parameters resulting in T1, T2, and proton-weighted density images. Images were compared with anatomic texts, with preserved and sectioned feline cadaver heads, with preserved and sectioned feline brains, and with intact, sectioned, and disarticulated feline skulls for aid in identification of structures. Anatomic and neuroanatomic structures are identified on selected images in different planes as reference for MR morphology of the normal feline brain and related structures. |
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| Keywords: | cat neuroanatomy neurology central nervous system head anatomy |
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