By the way, the 2009 recommended MS MRI Protocol can be found at:
http://www.mscare.org/cmsc/images/pdf/mriprotocol2009.pdf
Bob
I'm not sure, but they have not done as many slices that the Radiologist might like, however he should still at least consider the report. Plus was the MRI'S done W/O contrast?
If you have a good MS. Specialist he/she may not even want the reports & will look at the MRI themselves.
take care
Keep in mind that MRI images are not like XRAY. They are "computer derived images": more like a radar images and ultrasound. Things are not actually where they appear to be on the image. MRI uses a magnetic field to excite dipole molecules and then when the field relaxes, it listens for the signals the protons of the molecules produce (PSE or Proton Spin Echo.) In standard MRI, most sequences listen for water protons and gadolinium protons on post contract sequences. For proton MRS uses this information to determine the concentration of metabolites (such as lipids, lactate, N-acetylaspartate (NAA), glutamate/glutamine (Glx), creatine (Cr), choline (Cho), and myo-inositol (mI).
The key idea here is that different T1 and T2 Sequence Techniques make the protons spin differently and you loos the ability to compare between different sequence types. Is isn't just the weighting where T1 (more water in whiter) and T2 (less water is whiter.) It is also the letters after the Weighting and the ET:, RT: and TAU values in the lower left hand corner of images.
Very technical stuff, and Neuro are looking for lesions. Neuro-radiologists are looking at the whole study. Different specialties, objectives and clinical rules.
Bob