Coloured MRI scan of a brain with cerebral atrophy

Coloured MRI scan of a brain with cerebral atrophy

M108/0410 Rights Managed

Request low-res file

530 pixels on longest edge, unwatermarked

Request/Download high-res file

Uncompressed file size: 25.0MB

Downloadable file size: 1.1MB

Price image Pricing

Please login to use the price calculator


Caption: Brain atrophy. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a sagittal section through the brain of a 51 year old male, showing cerebral atrophy. Atrophy of parts of the cerebrum of the brain occurs in various disorders, including stroke, Alzheimer's disease, & AIDS dementia. The yellow/ green brain is "sliced" through, showing the large folded cerebrum (at top). Here the area of the upper cerebrum affected by atrophy is coloured brown. Atrophy is shrinkage and wasting away of tissue. In stroke, brain cells die due to deprived blood supply to the brain; in Alzheimer's disease, the brain shrinks leading to senile dementia.


Keywords: alzheimer's, alzheimers disease, atrophy, brain, brain scan, cerebral atrophy, condition, dementia, disease, disorder, healthcare, medical, medicine, mri, mri scan, neuroimaging, stroke
