Head trauma.
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.
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. agean@sfghrad.ucsf.edu
Alisa D
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Gean
Nancy J
NJ
Fischbein
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D020198:Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed