MRI may be better than CT scans at predicting whether patients with mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are likely to have persistent neurologic problems, according to the results of a clinical trial published in the December 2012 Annals of Neurology.
Approximately 15% of patients with mTBI have measurable neurologic deficits at one year after injury, but clinicians have no definitive method of predicting patient outcomes.
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