PET Imaging for Traumatic Brain Injury

Jacob G Dubroff; Andrew B Newberg

doi:10.1016/j.cpet.2010.01.002

PET Imaging for Traumatic Brain Injury

PET Clin. 2010 Apr;5(2):199-207. doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2010.01.002. Epub 2010 Jun 3.

Authors

Jacob G Dubroff¹, Andrew B Newberg²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Room 110, Donner Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
² Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Room 110, Donner Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: andrew.newberg@uphs.upenn.edu.

PMID: 27157673
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2010.01.002

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury represents a substantial public health problem for which clinicians have limited treatment avenues. Traditional FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) brain imaging has provided unique insights into this disease including prognostic information. With the advent and implementation of novel tracers as well as improvement in instrumentation, molecular brain imaging using PET can further illustrate traumatic brain injury pathophysiology and point to novel treatment strategies.

Keywords: Diffuse axonal injury; Fluorodeoxyglucose; PET; Traumatic brain injury.

Publication types

Review