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Head Trauma: Use of SPECT
Author(s) -
AbdeiDayem Hussein,
Van Heertum Ronald L.,
Van Heertum Ronald L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon19955s1s53
Subject(s) - medicine , head trauma , head (geology) , nuclear medicine , radiology , surgery , geology , geomorphology
Brain damage inflicted by head trauma may not be visible on computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. This is true not only for mild head trauma, but also for moderate and severe head trauma. Perfusion imaging with single-photon emission computed tomography has proved in several controlled studies to be more sensitive than either computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging in detecting brain abnormalities in patients with head trauma.