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Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury

The purpose of this article is to review conventional and advanced neuroimaging techniques performed in the setting of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The primary goal for the treatment of patients with suspected TBI is to prevent secondary injury. In the setting of a moderate to severe TBI, the most...

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Autores principales: Douglas, David B., Ro, Tae, Toffoli, Thomas, Krawchuk, Bennet, Muldermans, Jonathan, Gullo, James, Dulberger, Adam, Anderson, Ariana E., Douglas, Pamela K., Wintermark, Max
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6358760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30577545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medsci7010002
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author Douglas, David B.
Ro, Tae
Toffoli, Thomas
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Muldermans, Jonathan
Gullo, James
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Anderson, Ariana E.
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Wintermark, Max
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description The purpose of this article is to review conventional and advanced neuroimaging techniques performed in the setting of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The primary goal for the treatment of patients with suspected TBI is to prevent secondary injury. In the setting of a moderate to severe TBI, the most appropriate initial neuroimaging examination is a noncontrast head computed tomography (CT), which can reveal life-threatening injuries and direct emergent neurosurgical intervention. We will focus much of the article on advanced neuroimaging techniques including perfusion imaging and diffusion tensor imaging and discuss their potentials and challenges. We believe that advanced neuroimaging techniques may improve the accuracy of diagnosis of TBI and improve management of TBI.
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spelling pubmed-63587602019-02-11 Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury Douglas, David B. Ro, Tae Toffoli, Thomas Krawchuk, Bennet Muldermans, Jonathan Gullo, James Dulberger, Adam Anderson, Ariana E. Douglas, Pamela K. Wintermark, Max Med Sci (Basel) Review The purpose of this article is to review conventional and advanced neuroimaging techniques performed in the setting of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The primary goal for the treatment of patients with suspected TBI is to prevent secondary injury. In the setting of a moderate to severe TBI, the most appropriate initial neuroimaging examination is a noncontrast head computed tomography (CT), which can reveal life-threatening injuries and direct emergent neurosurgical intervention. We will focus much of the article on advanced neuroimaging techniques including perfusion imaging and diffusion tensor imaging and discuss their potentials and challenges. We believe that advanced neuroimaging techniques may improve the accuracy of diagnosis of TBI and improve management of TBI. MDPI 2018-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6358760/ /pubmed/30577545 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medsci7010002 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wintermark, Max
Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury
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