The role of advanced MR imaging findings as biomarkers of traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-282

  Kou, Zhifeng ^a   Wu, Zhen ^c   Tong, Karen A ^d   Holshouser, Barbara ^d   Benson, Randall R ^b   Hu, Jiani ^b   Haacke, Mark E ^b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MR spectroscopy (MRS); MR spectroscopy imaging (MRSI); neuroimaging; susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI); traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINE; CREATINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; BRAIN INJURIES; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROVESSELS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77954640879     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181e54793     Document Type: Review

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