Diffusion tensor imaging in mild traumatic brain injury litigation

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-523

  Wortzel, Hal S ^a,b   Kraus, Marilyn F ^c   Filley, Christopher M ^b   Anderson, C Alan ^b   Arciniegas, David B ^b  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84856860636     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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