Concussion Alters How Information Is Transmitted Within the Brain (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Concussion Alters How Information Is Transmitted Within the Brain

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MRI image from a mild traumatic brain injured patient demonstrating corpus callosum fiber tractography, which is a 3D reconstruction of white matter fibers. This image specifically provides information on the axonal water fraction, which was one of the compartment diffusion metrics analyzed.

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