Diffusion Tensor Imaging Reveals Structural Changes In Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Researchers report that diffusion tensor imaging can identify structural changes in the white matter of the brain that correlates to cognitive deficits even in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.The study is published in the October issue of the journal Brain.”We studied patients with all severities of traumatic brain injury — mild to severe — and found that abnormalities in white matter existed on the spectrum,” said Dr. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medical Devices on October 26th, 2007