SWI (GRE) Sequences are the BEST to Detect Bleed on MRI Brain

It is extremely vital that we differentiate brain hemorrhage (bleeding) from brain infarcts, when patients present with clinical features of stroke. This is because patients with infarcts are eligible to receive thrombolytic treatment, to lyse the blood clots. On the other hand, thrombolytic treatment is contraindicated in patients with brain hemorrhage (bleed). Drugs used for