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Choose an available MRI region
This is a schematic body map, not a scan. The four available examples come from different people and datasets. A colored region opens its own MRI case.
A verified whole-body overview may appear here later. It will be shown as its own source image and will not turn these separate MRI examples into one continuous scan.
Sequence guideNormal tissue at one shared point
Signal depends on scan settings and display window. Use these patterns to compare normal tissue in this one healthy-volunteer example, not to interpret a scan.
| Sequence | What the name means | Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) | White and gray matter |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1-weighted | Dark | White matter is brighter than gray matter. | |
| T2-weighted | Bright | Gray matter is brighter than white matter. | |
| Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery | Suppressed, so dark | T2-like contrast: gray matter is brighter than white matter. | |
| Diffusion-weighted imaging | Usually dark | Both are intermediate; brightness varies with diffusion weighting and display. | |
| Apparent diffusion coefficient map | Bright | Gray matter is usually brighter than white matter on a conventional grayscale map. |
Read DWI with ADC. DWI brightness alone does not establish a cause or diagnosis. Compare it with ADC at the same point; display settings and technical effects still matter.
Guided comparison: normal ventricular CSF
Place the crosshair in a labelled lateral ventricle, then switch through the same point.
The controls unlock when the images are ready.