1/You don't need fancy programs to make great #Illustrations!
#Powerpoint is actually an extremely powerful illustrating tool--if you know the secret #hacks!
Here is a đź§µof videos explaining my best tips & tricks so you can make your own great figures, all just w/powerpoint!
2/First, how to make a great 3D vessel in just 3 steps!
The video below shows you that all you need is a gradient, an edge shadow, and an inner glow to make an amorphous curve into a great figure of a vessel:
3/Next, how to get a metallic sheen.
To make metal look real & 3D, you need that bright line of metallic reflection.
The video below shows you how to make a bland colored object reflect light like it's pure gold, just using simple gradients:
4/And of course, one of PPT's most powerful drawing functions isn't even known by most people--the inner shadow function!
It makes figures of humans/bodies look more 3D.
The video below shows how to add 3D shadows right where you need it automatically
5/I am working on making more videos on my powerpoint drawing tips, tricks, & hacks. So keep following for more!
Remember, you don't need expensive programs to make amazing figures for your presentation. You just need powerpoint, some quick tricks, and your own imagination!
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1/Do radiologists sound like they are speaking a different language when they talk about MRI?
T1 shortening what? T2 prolongation who?
Here’s a translation w/an introductory thread to MRI.
2/Let’s start w/T1—it is #1 after all! T1 is for anatomy
Since it’s anatomic, brain structures will reflect the same color as real life
So gray matter is gray on T1 & white matter is white on T1
So if you see an image where gray is gray & white is white—you know it’s a T1
3/T1 is also for contrast
Contrast material helps us to see masses
Contrast can’t get into normal brain & spine bc of the blood brain barrier—but masses don’t have a blood brain barrier, so when you give contrast, masses will take it up & light up, making them easier to see.
1/Asking “How old are you?” can be dicey—both in real life & on MRI! Do you know how to tell the age of blood on MRI?
Here’s a thread on how to date blood on MRI so that the next time you see a hemorrhage, your guess on when it happened will always be in the right vein!
2/If you ask someone how to date blood on MRI, they’ll spit out a crazy mnemonic about babies that tells you what signal blood should be on T1 & T2 imaging by age.
But mnemonics are crutch—they help you memorize, but not understand. If you understand, you don’t need to memorize
3/If you look at the mnemonic, you will notice one thing—the T1 signal is all you need to tell if blood is acute, subacute or chronic.
T2 signal will tell if it is early or late in each of those time periods—but that type of detail isn’t needed in real life
Here's a little help on how to do it yourself w/a thread on how to read a head CT!
2/In bread & butter neuroimaging—CT is the bread—maybe a little bland, not super exciting—but necessary & you can get a lot of nutrition out of it
MRI is like the butter—everyone loves it, it makes everything better, & it packs a lot of calories. Today, we start w/the bread!
3/The most important thing to look for on a head CT is blood.
Blood is Bright on a head CT—both start w/B.
Blood is bright bc for all it’s Nobel prizes, all CT is is a density measurement—and blood is denser (thicker) than water & denser things are brighter on CT
MMA fights get a lot of attention, but MMA (middle meningeal art) & dural blood supply doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
A thread on dural vascular anatomy!
2/Everyone knows about the blood supply to the brain.
Circle of Willis anatomy is king and loved by everyone, while the vascular anatomy of the blood supply to the dura is the poor, wicked step child of vascular anatomy that is often forgotten
3/But dural vascular anatomy & supply are important, especially now that MMA embolizations are commonly for chronic recurrent subdurals.
It also important for understanding dural arteriovenous fistulas as well.