Semi-quantitative Assessment Using [18F]FDG Tracer in Patients with Severe Brain Injury

Autor: Tomohiro, Yamaki, Shinji, Onodera, Tomoki, Uchida, Yoshihiro, Ozaki, Kazuaki, Yokoyama, Haruko, Henmi, Mizuho, Kamezawa, Miyoko, Hayakawa, Daisuke, Itou, Nobuo, Oka, Masaru, Odaki, Yasuo, Iwadate, Shigeki, Kobayashi
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (141)
ISSN: 1940-087X
Popis: Patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) have difficulty knowing whether they are accurately expressing their thoughts and emotions because of disorders of consciousness, disrupted higher brain function, and verbal disturbances. As a consequence of an insufficient ability to communicate, objective evaluations are needed from family members, medical staff, and caregivers. One such evaluation is the assessment of functioning brain areas. Recently, multimodal brain imaging has been used to explore the function of damaged brain areas. [
Databáze: OpenAIRE