Published November 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Comparison of brain MRI and CT of diffuse axonal injury (DIA)

  • 1. Inje University College of Medicine, Busan (Korea, Republic of)

Description

A retrospective comparative study of MRI and CT in 24 patients with diffuse axonal injury (DIA) was undertaken. Three-quaters of the lesions were non-hemorrhagic, and the sites of involvement were lobar white matter (96%), corpus callosum (70%), and rostral brainstem (42%), in descending order. MRI was significantly more sensitive than CT in detecting DAI lesions. The average number of DAI lesions was higher with increasing clinical stage of the injury. MRI is more valuable than CT for staging the full magnitude of the injury and in predicting the neurologic prognosis of DAI lesions

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
6
Series
14 refs, 3 figs, 4 tabs
Journal Page Range
p. 823-830
ISSN
1738-2637

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
40032017
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGE; INJURIES; NEUROLOGY; NMR IMAGING; PATIENTS
Descriptors DEC
BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SYMPTOMS; TOMOGRAPHY