Diffusion tensor imaging parameters in mild traumatic brain injury and its correlation with early neuropsychological impairment: A longitudinal study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1497-1509

  Veeramuthu, Vigneswaran ^a   Narayanan, Vairavan ^a   Kuo, Tan Li ^a   Delano Wood, Lisa ^b,c   Chinna, Karuthan ^a   Bondi, Mark William ^b,c   Waran, Vicknes ^a   Ganesan, Dharmendra ^a   Ramli, Norlisah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DTI; imaging biomarker; mTBI; neuropsychology; ROI; TBSS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CINGULUM (BRAIN); CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942436333     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3750     Document Type: Article

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