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Objective:

To determine if diffusion tensor imaging can differentiate patients with chronic cognitive impairment after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from normal controls.

Methods:

Ten patients with persistent cognitive impairment after mild TBI were evaluated at least 2 years after injury. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were measured at white matter regions susceptible to axonal injury after TBI. Comparison was made to 10 normal controls.

Results:

Fractional anisotropy was significantly lower (4.5%; P= 0.01) and ADC higher (7.1%; P= 0.04) in patients at the left side of the genu of the corpus callosum. The mild TBI group also demonstrated a significant increase in FA within the posterior limb of the internal capsule bilaterally (left, 5.1%; P= 0.03; right, 1.9%; P= 0.04).

Conclusions:

These results demonstrate low FA and high ADC in the genu of the corpus callosum of mild TBI patients with …