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imaging study of choice for acute trauma
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CT (w/o contrast)
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+1000 HUs
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bone
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-1000 HUs
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air
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+60 to +80 HUs
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blood
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-5 to -12 HUs
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fat
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water is black in which MRI
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type I
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water is white in which MRI
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type II
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vessel affected in epidural hematoma
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middle meningial a.
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vessel affected in subdural hematoma
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bridging vessels
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best imaging for white matter disease
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MRI
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hematoma more common in falls
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subdural
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hematoma more common in MVA
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epidural
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two types of edema
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cytotoxic
vasogenic |
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cerebral edema assx with ischemia
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cytotoxic
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cerebral edema with more grey matter involved
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cytotoxic
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cerebral edema assx with tumors
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vasogenic
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extracellular cerebral edema
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vasogenic
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