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Abstract #1065

Susceptibility Mapping of Venous Blood Oxygen Saturation in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury at the Acute Stage

Zhifeng Kou1, Hardik Doshi2, Jie Yang, Ramtilak Gattu, Valerie Mika2, Grace Ma, Randall R. Benson3, Robert Welch4, John Woodard5, Scott Millis6, E Mark Haacke1

1Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; 2Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; 3Neurology and Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; 4Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; 5Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; 6Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States


By using susceptibility mapping as a means to quantify venous blood oxygen saturation, we found higher level of blood oxygen saturation in mild traumatic brain injury patients at the acute stage than that in controls.