Imaging the Role of Myelin in Concussion

Publication date: February 2018
Source:Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, Volume 28, Issue 1
Author(s): Alexander Mark Weber, Carlos Torres, Alexander Rauscher

Teaser

Myelin water imaging (MWI) provides mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) researchers with a specific myelin biomarker and helps to further elucidate microstructural and microarchitectural changes of white matter after mTBI. Improvement of scanner hardware and software with the implementation of MWI across scanner platforms will likely result in increased research regarding the role of myelin in traumatic brain injury (TBI). Future research should include detailed investigation of myelin between 2 weeks and 2 months after injury, the use of MWI in moderate and severe TBI, and investigation of the role of myelin in chronic TBI.


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