Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetric Measures of Functional Outcome after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescents

• Published in: Journal of neurotrauma Vol. 38; no. 13; p. 1799
• Main Authors: Ferrazzano, Peter, Yeske, Benjamin, Mumford, Jeanette, Kirk, Gregory, Bigler, Erin D, Bowen, Katherine, O'Brien, Nicole, Rosario, Bedda, Beers, Sue R, Rathouz, Paul, Bell, Michael J, Alexander, Andrew L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent; Brain Injuries, Traumatic - diagnostic imaging; Brain Injuries, Traumatic - physiopathology; Cerebral Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Ventricles - physiopathology; Child; Corpus Callosum - diagnostic imaging; Corpus Callosum - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - trends; Male; Organ Size - physiology; Patient Acuity; Recovery of Function - physiology; Treatment Outcome; cognitive function; traumatic brain injury; ventricle-to-brain ratio; severe adolescent brain injury; corpus callosum; MRI

Adolescent traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern, resulting in >35,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year. Although neuroimaging is a primary diagnostic tool in the clinical assessment of TBI, our understanding of how specific neuroimaging findings relate to o...