Imaging concussion: A review

Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages S50-S63

  Yuh, Esther L ^a,b   Hawryluk, Gregory W J ^c   Manley, Geoffrey T ^a,d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Concussion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild traumatic brain injury; Perfusion imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84914132277     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000491     Document Type: Article

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