Article

Mild traumatic brain injury is a significant public health issue that has been
gaining considerable attention over the past few years.
After injury, a large
percentage of patients experience postconcussive symptoms that affect work and
school performance and that carry significant medicolegal implications.
Conventional imaging modalities (computed tomography and magnetic resonance
imaging) are insensitive to microstructural changes and underestimate the degree
of diffuse axonal injury and metabolic changes. Newer imaging techniques have
attempted to better diagnose and characterize diffuse axonal injury and the
metabolic and functional aspects of traumatic brain injury.
The following review
article summarizes the currently available imaging studies and describes the
novel and more investigational techniques available for mild traumatic brain injury.
A suggested algorithm is offered.
CI - Copyright (c) 2011 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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