New Brain Imaging Method May Help Detect TBI
Chicago – Investigators have found that a state-of-the-art brain imaging method may be useful for detecting and monitoring mild traumatic brain injury, a controversial diagnosis that is based largely on a patient’s subjective experience, reports attorneys at Romanucci & Blandin, LLC.
The phrase traumatic brain injury tends to conjure the worst case scenario of a patient who suffers severe brain damage leading to severe disabilities, coma or death. However, most traumatic brain injuries are classified as mild. A mild traumatic brain injury typically involves symptoms of brain damage (such as mood changes or confusion), but no sign of damage based on a neurological exam or standard brain imaging techniques.
This definition complicates diagnosis. Some patients are told nothing is wrong with them.
