NeuroLapse

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Not a medical device — these are estimates
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The actual MRI images — the scanner photographed her brain in thin slices. Everything in the 3-D view above is traced from these.

From above
From the front
From the side

This scan, in numbers

Two colours, two different jobs.

Every one of her reports gives a size for the red and none for the blue — and her oncologist measures and treats the red as the tumour. Her own reports describe the blue as tissue reacting to treatment: swelling, healing, and scar tissue from surgery and radiation. An MRI cannot say precisely what sits inside that signal, so in her type of tumour the blue is watched closely for change rather than measured. Neither outline is a perfect edge: the red is the number her team acts on; the blue is what they keep watching.

Layers & controls

Volume over time (mL)

Takes up dye Takes no dye

Click any dot on the timeline to jump to that scan, or press Play to watch it change.

NeuroLapse
A picture to help you understand — not a report

See how things have changed, one scan at a time

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Every shape you see is traced from the real MRI images — nothing here is made up.

What the two colours mean

Red

The part the doctors measure

Blue

The area we keep an eye on

This area doesn't take up the dye, and the reports don't give it a size. Much of it is the brain reacting to everything it has been through — swelling and healing from surgery and radiation. Her doctors have never called this area tumour: the red is what they measure. A scan can't say exactly what's inside it, so the team watches it over time instead.

Two colours with different jobs: the red is measured, the blue is watched. Neither is an exact edge — together they tell the story.

The story so far

Each dot below is one scan. The gap in the middle is the operation.

This is a friendly picture to help you understand the scans — not a medical report or a diagnosis. The numbers here are careful estimates, and your care team's report is always the final word. If anything worries you, bring it to them.