Diffusion Tensor Imaging: A Powerful Tool

The prognostic value of DTI/MR was shown in 61 patients with mild TBI who were scanned early after trauma. The results of the abnormalities in white matter shown by DTI correlated with the patients’ lowered performance on neuropsychological testing and contrasted sharply with controls. DTI continues to prove itself as a biomarker for TBI in the human brain.