TITLE:
The Role of Imaging in Examining Neurological Disorders; Assessing Brain, Stroke, and Neurological Disorders Using CT and MRI Imaging
AUTHORS:
Shoaa G. Shetewi, Bander S. Al Mutairi, Saeed M. Bafaraj
KEYWORDS:
CT Scan, MRI, Neurological Disorder, Brain, Stroke
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Computed Tomography,
Vol.9 No.1,
March
6,
2020
ABSTRACT: Background:
Neurological disorder is identified as a severe cause of mortality among the
patients. Given the severity of the disorder, various tools have been developed
for the effective scanning of the symptoms and causes. Objective: The study
intends to compare the two advanced neuroimaging tools i.e. computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
for assessing the patients of the possible brain, stroke, and neurological
disorders concern their neurological symptoms and signs. Method: The
retrospective study was conducted and medical records of 151 patients were
assessed statistically. Chi-square test was applied to the collected data.
Results: The results of the study provided that multiple seizures (15.2%)
served as the major cause of examination, followed by a headache (9.9%), visual
complaint (7.9%), single seizure (5.3%), gait abnormality (3.3%) and altered
consciousness (2.6%); whereas, speech difficulty remained low (1.3%). CT scan
findings of the patients reported parieto-temporal area and development of
acute hypo densities as the prime concerns, where its results remained insignificant (0.29). Using
MRI, unremarkable MRI was majorly reported, followed by lateralized to one side,
stable MRI feature, bilateral symptoms, and ischemic disease. The results of
MRI were significant (0.00). Conclusion: The study concludes that magnetic
resonance imaging is more effective for the evaluation of the neurological disorders as
compared to CT scan.