Diagnosis of Concussion: The Role of Imaging Now and in the Future

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 635-652

  Mccullough, Brendan J ^a,b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Concussion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild traumatic brain injury; Sports; Youth

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY SEVERITY; IONIZING RADIATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 80055096015     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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