Power of the metaphor: forty signs on brain imaging

J Neuroimaging. 2015 Jan-Feb;25(1):14-30. doi: 10.1111/jon.12086. Epub 2014 Mar 4.

Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed neuroradiology database at our tertiary-care hospital to search for patients with metaphoric or descriptive signs on brain computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Only patients who had clinical or pathological definitive diagnosis were included in this review.

Keywords: Brain; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; signs.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Diseases / classification*
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Metaphor*
  • Neuroimaging / methods*
  • Radiology Information Systems*
  • Terminology as Topic*