Brain MRI volumetry in a single patient with mild traumatic brain injury

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Ross, David E. Castelvecchi, Cody Ochs, Alfred L.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Journal: Brain Injury This letter to the editor describes the case of a 42 year old man with mild traumatic brain injury and multiple neuropsychiatric symptoms which persisted for a few years after the injury. Initial CT scans and MRI scans of the brain showed no signs of atrophy. Brain volume was measured using NeuroQuant®, an FDA-approved, commercially available software method. Volumetric cross-sectional (one point in time) analysis also showed no atrophy. However, volumetric longitudinal (two points in time) analysis showed progressive atrophy in several brain regions. This case illustrated in a single patient the principle discovered in multiple previous group studies, namely that the longitudinal design is more powerful than the cross-sectional design for finding atrophy in patients with traumatic brain injury.
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Ending Page	636
Page Count	3
Starting Page	634
ISSN	02699052
e-ISSN	1362301X
DOI	10.3109/02699052.2013.767939
Journal	Brain Injury
Issue Number	5
Volume Number	27
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2013-03-08
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Brain Injury Neuroimaging Letter To the Editor Brain Volume Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Content Type	Text
Subject	Neuroscience Developmental and Educational Psychology Neurology (clinical)