Neuroprognostication with regard to functional and cognitive recovery after brain injury in
children is highly complex, and occurs as a continuous, iterative process throughout the …

Methods A secondary analysis of a large prospective observational study conducted at 25
centres was performed. Inclusion criteria were: age≤ 18 years; blunt head trauma, with …

Concussion, also known as mild traumatic brain injury, is an entity that is being increasingly
recognized as an important public health problem with incidence rates reaching epidemic …

T he first 15 years of the new millennium have seen a great increase in research on
neuroimaging in children and adolescents who have a psychiatric disorder. In addition …

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique
that enables the measurement of the structural integrity of neural tissue. DTI allows for the …

The human brain is likely the most complex and delicate machine that is currently known.
With this in mind, one might imagine that attempting to care for such a machine after it was …

Neuroimaging in children and adolescents: When do you scan? With which modalities? |
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Background: Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is the brain injury in which damage in the form of an
extensive lesions in white matter tracts occurs over a widespread area. DAI is one of the …

Advanced neuroimaging tools have become increasingly available to clinical MRI scanners
in hospital settings. Applying these noninvasive MRI tools to patients with traumatic brain …

Objective: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most frequent causes of childhood
disability. Fatigue is commonly reported during the acute and chronic phases of TBI …