Our goal in designing this study was to attempt to document a clinical means of evaluating patients with minor head injury, possibly reducing the cost of their evaluation. We hypothesized that ...

CT scans offer one way to learn more about the location, size, and shape of a brain aneurysm. A brain aneurysm is a weak or very thin spot on an artery in the brain that bulges out and fills with ...

Concussion patients with a normal head CT scan may believe they are free of brain injury, but CT scans often miss damage at the molecular level, warns a University of Rochester Medical Center study.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a disturbance of normal brain functions due to a head injury that everyone is at risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 138 people ...

For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively, even when validated tools suggest the risk of serious trauma is low. In most cases, the scan confirms what clinicians ...

CT scans and MRIs are imaging procedures that help healthcare providers see inside your body. CT scans are generally faster, less expensive, and more widely available compared to MRIs. MRIs provide ...