The biomarker results—97.6% of patients with a CT-detected intracranial injury such as bleeding tested positive, and 99.7% of patients with a negative test had a normal head CT scan—were quite ...

Blood Test May Accurately Diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury, Need for CT Scan. Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW. ... and 99.7% of patients with a negative test had a normal head CT scan," he said. ...

Concussion patients with a normal head CT scan may believe they are free of brain injury, but CT scans often miss damage at the molecular level, warns a new study. In fact, when doctors examine ...

Concussion patients with a normal head CT scan may believe they are free of brain injury, but CT scans often miss damage at the molecular level, warns a new study. In fact, when doctors examine ...

MRIs reveal signs of brain injuries not seen in CT scans Date: December 18, 2012 Source: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Summary: Hospital MRIs may be better at predicting long-term ...

Objectives: The primary aim of this study is to better define both the type and incidence of cranial computed tomography (CT) abnormalities in children following submersion injury. Design: This is ...

All 135 patients with mild traumatic brain injuries received CT scans when they were first admitted, and all were given MRIs about a week later. Most of them (99) had no detectable signs of injury on ...