Will a brain MRI reveal past strokes?

I had a stroke, grand mal seizure which broke my back (L1 and L2) on 10/10/10….not a good day. Multiple CAT scans and MRI's showed “moderate brain damage” from “prior strokes”. read more

The first type of scan, called diffusion-weighted imaging, shows early changes in the brain after a stroke begins, Thomalla said. The second type of scan, FLAIR (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery), reveals damage after several hours of untreated stroke. read more

MRI can be used to diagnose stroke, which occurs when blood flow to the brain stops. Two major types of strokes are ischemic, caused by a lack of oxygen reaching brain tissue due to artery narrowing or blockage, and hemorrhagic, caused by a broken vein or artery. read more