Normal MRI epilepsy protocol

Case contributed by Derek Smith
Diagnosis not applicable

Presentation

Normal appearance on MRI epilepsy protocol

mri

Normal 3.0 T epilepsy protocol:

  • volume T1w,
  • volume FLAIR (including windowing for cortical abnormalities),
  • axial T2w,
  • DWI/ADC,
  • SWI,
  • coronal thin slice T2w (with zoomed bilateral and right temporal lobe views)
Annotated image

Medial temporal structures (anterior to posterior appearance):

  • green - parahippocampal gyrus
  • red - collateral sulcus
  • blue - amygdala
  • yellow - hippocampal head with labeled cornu ammonis 1 and cornus ammonis 3
  • purple - mamillary body
  • lavender - fornix
  • grey - temporal choroid
  • orange - hippocampal body / tail

Case Discussion

Annotated images from a normal 3.0 T epilepsy protocol.

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