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The Vertex View in Brain Scanning¹

Galveston, Texas

ABSTRACT

A new vertical scanning position (vertex scan) is described to aid in determining more quickly the position of an intracranial lesion. In patients without localizing neurological symptoms, it may establish the presence of a lesion that might be overlooked with a routine AP an lateral scan. It also appears that the vertex scan may be helpful in obtaining positive scans of lesions in the more difficult to visualize area of the posterior fossa.

FOOTNOTES

¹ From the Department of Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine and The Nuclear Medicine Service—The University of Texas Medical Center—Galveston, Texas.

² Present address: Section of Nuclear Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas.