Abstract #2449

Neuroimaging of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury at Acute Stage

Zhifeng Kou¹, Randall Benson², Ramtilak Gattu³, Jie Yang³, Valerie Mika⁴, Robert Welch⁴, Scott Millis⁵, E. Mark Haacke¹

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

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is very difficult to detect in emergency setting. A comprehensive use of three MRI techniques, including susceptibility weighted imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, and MR spectroscopy imaging, could significantly improve the detection of mTBI in acute setting and potentially impact the management of mTBI patients at the acute stage.