Abstract #3711

Detecting Mild Traumatic Brain Injury at the Acute Stage: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Investigation and Neurocognitive Assessment

Zhifeng Kou¹, Ramtilak Gattu, Randall Benson², Hardik Doshi³, Jie Yang⁴, Valerie Mika³, Grace Ma, Robert Welch⁵, John Woodard⁶, Scott Millis⁷, E Mark Haacke¹

¹Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; ²Neurology and Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; ³Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; ⁴Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; ⁵Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; ⁶Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; ⁷Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States

There is limited data reported the neurocognitive status and their injury pattern of mild traumatic brain injury at the acute stage. Our data demonstrated significant neurocognitive deficits and DTI white matter lesions in mild traumatic brain injury patients at the acute stage.