Neuroimaging of traumatic brain injury

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 548-557

  Dubroff, Jacob G ^a   Newberg, Andrew ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diffuse axonal injury; Head trauma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; SPECT; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 56049084260     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083698     Document Type: Review

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