NCT01044615

Advanced Imaging Tools in the Study of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kettering Health Network · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

We will utilize a set of imaging modalities including computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and a suite of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tools, to investigate the changes in the human brain resulting from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

Detailed description

We will recruit mTBI subjects and control subjects. Each subject will undergo the set of imaging modalities, and the results will be analyzed for differences at the structural, physiological, and molecular levels. The long term goal of this research is the development of a method to diagnose mTBI based on physical markers. This is a phased project beginning with a pilot study followed by future studies with larger sample sizes.

Conditions

• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2010-01-08
• Last updated: 2013-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States