A 55 year old man who is overweight, a heavy drinker and habitual smoker is broughtin to the emergency department after he appeared confused and was slurring hisspeech at his workplace. Given the patient's lifestyle, the doctors suspect an ischemicstroke and immediately arrange for a scan to aid in the diagnosis. Discuss whichimaging modality the doctor might use to establish if the patient had suffered a strokeand give reasons for your choice.[8]Describe the physical principles behind the imaging technique you have chosen.Explain the analytical process that could be used to confirm whether the stroke wasischemic rather than hemorrhagic.As a further precaution and to inform the management of the patient's condition goingforward, the doctor wants to assess whether the patient has atherosclerosis in hiscarotid artery. Describe the basis of an imaging technique that would be used to givethis additional information.

When choosing an imaging modslity for detection of ischemic stroke, there are two choices, magnetic…

A 55 year old man who is overweight, a heavy drinker and habitual smoker is brought in to the emergency department after he appeared confused and was slurring his speech at his workplace. Given the patient's lifestyle, the doctors suspect an ischemic stroke and immediately arrange for a scan to aid in the diagnosis. Discuss which imaging modality the doctor might use to establish if the patient had suffered a stroke and give reasons for your choice. Describe the physical principles behind the imaging technique you have chosen. [8]

A 55 year old man who is overweight, a heavy drinker and habitual smoker is brought in to the emergency department after he appeared confused and was slurring his speech at his workplace. Given the patient's lifestyle, the doctors suspect an ischemic stroke and immediately arrange for a scan to aid in the diagnosis. Discuss which imaging modality the doctor might use to establish if the patient had suffered a stroke and give reasons for your choice. Describe the physical principles behind the imaging technique you have chosen. [8]

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Chapter12: Electroencephalography And Emg Instrumentation

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