Serial atlas-based diffusion tensor imaging study of uncomplicated mild traumatic brain injury in adults

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 466-475

  Hasan, Khader M ^a   Wilde, Elisabeth A ^b,c   Miller, Emmy R ^b   Kumar Patel, Vipul ^a   Staewen, Terrell D ^a   Frisby, Melisa L ^b   Garza, Hector M ^b   Mccarthy, James J ^a   Hunter, Jill V ^b,d   Levin, Harvey S ^b,c   Robertson, Claudia S ^b   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atlas based; corona radiate; corpus callosum; CSF; diffusion tensor imaging; hippocampus; lateral ventricles; mild traumatic brain injury; scanner stability; water phantom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896835723     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3085     Document Type: Article

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