Citation

Gean AD, Fischbein NJ. Neuroimaging Clin. N. Am. 2010; 20(4): 527-556.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.nic.2010.08.001

PMID

20974375

Abstract

Worldwide, an estimated 10 million people are affected annually by traumatic brain injury (TBI). More than 5 million Americans currently live with long-term disability as a result of TBI and more than 1.5 million individuals sustain a new TBI each year. It has been predicted that TBI will become the third leading cause of death and disability in the world by the year 2020. This article outlines the classification of TBI, details the types of lesions encountered, and discusses the various imaging modalities available for the evaluation of TBI.

Language: en