What does DAI stand for?

Diffuse Axonal Injury (brain contusion, neurology)

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Of these, diffuse axonal injury is most frequently associated with mTBI and characterizes the vast majority of blast injuries sustained by service members.

Traumatic brain injury and vestibular pathology as a comorbidity ...

The most common micro-bleed mimics seen on MRI include mineral deposits, flow voids, bone/air artifacts, cavernous malformations, metastatic melanoma, and diffuse axonal injury.

Imaging advances boost microbleed detection

However, further review revealed that of the 10 fatalities in this group, only 2 patients likely had a dismal prognosis from the outset--1 patient with a brainstem laceration and 1 patient with diffuse axonal injury.

The role of angiography in managing patients with temporal bone ...

Two ways in which brain injury can result in coma are focal and diffuse axonal injury.

Coma-Signs and Symptoms of Coma

The resulting axonal strain injuries, collectively referred to as diffuse axonal injury (DAI), represent the primary fundamental neuropathological change seen in TBI due to closed mechanisms regardless of injury severity, although the amount of DAI increases as injury severity increases [5].

A neuropsychiatric perspective on traumatic brain injury

ABSTRACT Background: The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and the fractional anisotropy (FA) values calculated from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in the acute stage of diffuse axonal injury (DAI) are mainly used for prediction of prognosis.

Correlation between cognitive deficits and tensor magnetic resonance ...

[FIGURE 4 OMITTED] Head trauma Diffusion imaging can also aid in the evaluation of closed head injury with suspected axonal shearing, with higher sensitivity to diffuse axonal injury (DAI) lesions than either fast spin-echo T2-weighted imaging or gradient echo [T2.

Diffusion MRI: overview and clinical applications in neuroradiology

However, CT is relatively insensitive for demonstrating microscopic disease such as diffuse axonal injury (DAI), which may be caused by rotational acceleration-deceleration head movements in which there is axonal stretching and shearing.

Kluver-Bucy syndrome after minor brain injury. (Editorials)