Medical Imaging and Diagnostics

MRI and CT scan images showcasing various medical conditions, such as adenopathy and lung diseases, with emphasis on diagnostic illustrations.

Suppurative adenopathy in the liver and spleen, due to cat scratch disease (benign lymphoreticulosis). Abdominal scanner in axial section.

Suppurative adenopathy in the liver and spleen, due to cat scratch disease (benign lymphoreticulosis). Abdominal scanner in axial section.

Suppurative adenopathy in the liver and spleen, due to cat scratch disease (benign lymphoreticulosis). Abdominal scanner in axial section.

Lung cancer located in the upper right lobe. Frontal chest x-ray. (Photo by: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/UIG)

MRI of pulmonary cystic fibrosis (viscous mucus disease, cystic fibrosis affecting glandular epithelia). Radial MRI of the lungs.

MRI of pulmonary cystic fibrosis (viscous mucus disease, cystic fibrosis affecting glandular epithelia). Radial MRI of the lungs.

CT scan showing the puncture of a pancreatic cyst.

Adenopathy (liver lymph gland). Cross-section abdominal scan.

Benign prostatic hypertrophy, visualized by radial MRI of the pelvis.

Lung cancer caused by asbestosis, seen on a radial section chest CT scan.

Urinary system, x-ray finding

Cerebral aneurysm. Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the brain showing a ruptured intracranial aneurysm with hemorrhage (stroke). The aneurysm is the white shape at left, the gemorrhage is seen in pink. An aneurysm is a bulge of a vessel due to the dilatation of its wall. A ruptured aneurysm can be fatal.

Kidneys and liver in the abdomen seen on a radial cross-section scan.

Small intestine. Colored MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan of the abdomen showing the small intestine (purple). Are also seen the liver at top (pink), the stomach at right (black), part of the large intestine at left, and the baldder at bottom (black).

Angiography of myocardial infarction caused by atheromatous plaque in the left coronary artery. Angiographic visualization is produced by injection of contrast product.

Lung cancer. Colored MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan showing a small cell lung cancer spreading into a vertebra.

Liver contusions. Axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showing contusions of the liver (dark blue spots at left of the liver) further to a shock (road accident).

Crohn's disease. Colored MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of the small intestine of a 10 years old child with Crohn's disease. The walls of the jejunum (part in the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum, in white) have a thicker and ragged aspect.

Shoulder chondrosarcoma. Colored enhanced Axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the shoulder showing a chondrosarcoma of the shoulder blade. The tumor is evidenced by the presence of a heterogenous lytic area with bone calcifications. The black round shape at right is the head of the humerus inserted into the shoulder blade.

Hydatic kyste. Axial computed Tomography (CT) scan of liver with a calcified hydatic cyst, also called hydatidosis. It is caused by the development of the larvaes of parasite Tænia echinococcus variety granulosus.

Myocardial infarctus. 3D CT Scan et 2D

LUNG CANCER, SCAN. Scanner of the lungs. Lung cancer invading the left inferior lobe.

Chronic colitis (inflammatory bowel disease), revealed by a frontal abdominal x-ray.

Shoulder chondrosarcoma. Colored enhanced Axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the shoulder showing a chondrosarcoma of the shoulder blade. The tumor is evidenced by the presence of a heterogenous lytic area with bone calcifications. The black round shape at right is the head of the humerus inserted into the shoulder blade.

Large prostatic adenoma, visualized by frontal x-ray of the pelvis. (Photo by: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/UIG)

Coloured axial computed tomography (CT) scan of an adult's brain, showing encephalitis in the right temporal caused by an infection with herpes virus (encephalitis herpetica, in green). Encephalitis results in the inflammation of the encephalon.

Thorax: Heart, aorta, and pulmonary artery are visible, 3D CT scan.

Angiography of myocardial infarction caused by atheromatous plaque in the left coronary artery. Angiographic visualization is produced by injection of contrast product.

Hepatic metastasis. Axial computed Tomography (CT) scan through the abdomen showing secondary cancer of the liver. The vertebra and ribs section are pink, the stomach in green at the lower right. The metastasis (red) spread into the liver (blue) from a esophagus cancer.

$Fractured pelvis. Axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the pelvis showing a fracture of the right cotyle (also called acetabulum) at left, caused by the intrusion of the head of the femur further to a chock (road accident).$

MRI of pulmonary cystic fibrosis (viscous mucus disease, cystic fibrosis affecting glandular epithelia). Radial MRI of the lungs.

Ischemic mitral insufficiency (MI) - Pathology of the left ventricle (mitral ring and subvalvular apparatus). transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).

Suppurative adenopathy in the liver and spleen, due to cat scratch disease (benign lymphoreticulosis). Abdominal scanner in axial section. (Photo by: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/UIG)

Chest, neck and head arteries. Coloured magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) scan of a normal carotid system of a 45 year old female. Bottom centre is...

Cancer of the right kidney visualized by an abdominal scanner in radial section. (Photo by: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/UIG)

Cross-section abdomino-pelvic scan.

Takayasus arthritis, seen by 2 radial section abdominal scanners, at the descending aorta.

Amyloidosis of the intestine, seen on a radial section CT scan.

Amyloidosis of the intestine, seen on a radial section CT scan.

MRI of pulmonary cystic fibrosis (viscous mucus disease, cystic fibrosis affecting glandular epithelia). Radial MRI of the lungs.

Intestinal obstruction. Frontal sagittal Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the vascularization of the abdomen (in white) showing signs of whorls of the small intestine, responsible for a bowel obstruction. It is evidenced by the winding of the blood vessels of the intestine's loops around their axis (in purple at bottom).

Lung cancer located in the upper right lobe. Frontal chest x-ray.

Two eyes and their optic nerves, seen on a radial section scan.

Kidney stones. 3D computed tomography (CT) scan of a kidney showing solid pyelic concretions (purple) in the renal pelvis (parts of the kidney involved in the exretion process, in yellow).

Diverticulum in the bladder. Frontal pelvic x-ray. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Coloured MRI brain scan: pituitary adenoma

Thrombosis of the cerebral venous sinuses of the dura mater, visualized by cranial MRI angiography.

LUNG CANCER, SCAN. Scanner of the lungs. Lung cancer invading the left inferior lobe.

Cutaneous emphysema. Axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showing cutaneous emphysema : presence of air under the skin evidenced by long black strips (at top), and a pneumomediastinum : presence of air in the mediastinum (black spots in between the lungs, at left of the aorta).

Lung cancer located in the upper right lobe. Frontal chest x-ray.

Ponytail syndrome (Herniated disc - medullary compression below the second lumbar vertebra). Cross section vertebral scanner.

Benign prostatic hypertrophy, visualized by radial MRI of the pelvis.

Pulmonary metastases (secondary to kidney cancer), visualized by chest CT scan in axial section. (Photo by: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/UIG)

Kidneys and liver in the abdomen seen on a radial cross-section scan.

Asbestosis (pulmonary fibrosis) seen on an axial section chest scan.

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Human brain, MRI scan

Pulmonary embolism in the left lower lobe (pulmonary artery blocked by a blood clot). Thoracic angiography.

Thrombosis of a prosthesis. 3D computed tomographic (CT) scan reconstruction showing a thrombosis of a aorta-biiliac prosthesis.

Liver contusions. Axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showing contusions of the liver (dark red spots at left of the liver) further to a shock (road accident).

Bone lymphoma. Colored enhanced Axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the pelvis showing a bone lymphoma on the right iliac wing (at left). The tumor appears as a pale green thickening around the iliac wing at left.

Ultrasound scan of a 3 months old fetus sucking his thumb.

MRI of pulmonary cystic fibrosis (viscous mucus disease, cystic fibrosis affecting glandular epithelia). Radial MRI of the lungs.

Vertebral infiltration. Color enhanced axial Computed Tomography (CT) scan of a lumbar vertebra with arthrosis treated by infiltration of anti-inflammatory drug (corticoids) around the spinal cord and spinal nerve. The needle will be inserted into the vertebral foramen (foraminal infiltration). The route of the needle is marked by the red line.

Sacroiliitis. Frontal oblique colored Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the pelvis with sacroiliitis : inflammation of the sacro-iliac joint causing bone erosion and bone condensation seen in white.

Lung cancer located in the upper right lobe. Frontal chest x-ray.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), a type of stroke caused by bleeding within the brain tissue. Axial CT scan of the brain.

Right coronary artery visualized by frontal thoracic angiography. (Photo by: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/UIG)

Right coronary artery visualized by frontal thoracic angiography.

3D CT scan of normal coronary arteries.

Pagets disease, seen in a frontal MRI scan of the L4 and L5 lumbar vertebrae.

Intercranial neurinoma, seen on a sagittal section MRI scan.

Uterine cancer visualized by MRI in radial section.

CAT Scan of Optic Nerve Lesion

Pulmonary arteritis due to Horton's disease. Radial scan of the thorax.

Thrombosis of the cerebral venous sinuses of the dura mater, visualized by cranial MRI angiography.

Osteoarthritis of the hips (coxarthrosis) visualized by a pelvic x-ray of the front. (Photo by: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/UIG)

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False_colour MRI scan of the head, axial section

This frontal MRI image of the hips reveals an osteonecrosis (bone death) of the femoral head.

Liver abscess. Colored CT (computed Tomography) scan of abdomen showing liver abces (blue spots at upper center of the liver).

$Lumbar osteoporosis (disease causing compression and fractures of the lumbar vertebrae). X-ray of the lumbar vertebrae seen from the front.$

Hysterography. X-ray of female reproductive organs. A contrast medium was introduced into the uterus (center) and its Fallopian tubes (oviducts, thin, extending from uterus) through the uterine neck.

Benign brain tumour. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain of a 25 year old patient with a meningioma (purple). This is a benign (non-ca...

Spine in ankylosing spondylitis, X-ray

Cancer of the liver, seen in a radial cross-section abdominal scan.

Tricuspid valve, it separates the right atrium and ventricle. It is made up of three sheets or (cusps). These three cusps insert on the right atrioventricular annulus. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).

Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain of a 58 year old patient that has had an aneurysm (orange) in the middle cerebral artery. An aneur...

Stent prosthesis. 3D computed tomographic (CT) scan reconstruction (side view) of a stenosis of the aorta (in red) treated with a stent prosthesis (white).

MRI of pulmonary cystic fibrosis (viscous mucus disease, cystic fibrosis affecting glandular epithelia). Radial MRI of the lungs.

3D CT scan of coronary arteries and aorta of heart.

3D CT scan of coronary arteries and aorta of heart.

Thrombosis of the cerebral venous sinuses of the dura mater, visualized by cranial MRI angiography.

Pleurisy (right lung), seen on a radial section chest scan.

Dorsal view of the brain of a 10-day-old double transgenic zebrafish (MRC1a:eGFP Kdrl:mcherry). Blood vessels are shown in magenta and a new population of perivascular endothelial cells is shown in green.

Cerebral angiography (x-ray examination visualizing the arteries and veins of the brain, here the veins).

Ischemic mitral insufficiency (MI) - Pathology of the left ventricle (mitral ring and subvalvular apparatus). transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).

Retinal detachment of the left eye, visualized by radial section MRI.

Thorax of newborn : Mediastinum, heart, aorta, and mammary arteries are visible. 3D CT scan.

Ileo caecal intussusception. Color enhanced axial computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showing ileo caecal intussusception.

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