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Brain Trauma Imaging

Standard CT and MRI scans often miss mild traumatic brain injury. PET imaging may detect brain changes after injury, but no clear diagnostic patterns exist yet. More advanced imaging targets, tracers, and AI tools will help improve diagnosis and outcome prediction.

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Targeted CE per ARRT’s Discipline, Category, and Subcategory classification for enrollments starting after February 10, 2026:
[Note: Discipline-specific Targeted CE credits may be less than the total Category A credits approved for this course.]

Computed Tomography: 1.00
Procedures: 1.00
Head, Spine, and Musculoskeletal: 1.00

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: 1.25
Procedures: 1.25
Neurological: 1.25

Nuclear Medicine Technology: 1.75
Procedures: 1.75
Other Imaging Procedures: 1.75

Registered Radiologist Assistant: 2.00
Procedures: 2.00
Neurological, Vascular, and Lymphatic Sections: 2.00

Outline

  1. Introduction
  2. Acute and Secondary Features of Traumatic Brain Injury
  3. Imaging in TBI Research
    1. MRI of Brain Injury
    2. PET Imaging
    3. Amyloid Imaging
    4. Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Brain Trauma
    5. Other Molecular Imaging Tracers for TBI Research
    6. Molecular Imaging of CTE and TES
  4. Image Analysis and Challenges
  5. Future Directions
    1. Better Target Identification
    2. Improved Analysis Techniques Using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms
    3. Novel Tracer Development
  6. Conclusion

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will:

  1. describe recent reported rates of TBIs in the United States
  2. identify the imaging modality of choice for the evaluation of acute moderate to severe TBI
  3. list the sequences in a typical brain MRI protocol for TBI
  4. identify the imaging modality that is more sensitive than CT in detecting subtle indications of diffuse axonal injury
  5. associate clinical definitions and background with Glasgow coma scale scores
  6. describe the most common neurodegenerative disorder linked to repeated mTBIs
  7. list common reported symptoms following concussion
  8. compare features of blast-related TBI with those of impact TBI
  9. describe the category of TBI for which MRI is currently used clinically
  10. identify the MRI pulse sequence that is sensitive to iron deposition
  11. describe the imaging modality used to assess the movement of water within white matter tracts
  12. list the common metabolites assessed at MR spectroscopy
  13. describe the imaging modality that provides an assessment of myelin integrity
  14. identify the PET radiotracer used to assess glucose metabolism
  15. describe the autopsy findings of research subjects who had experienced a single TBI
  16. list examples of second generation tau PET radiotracers
  17. identify the most widely used tau PET radiotracer
  18. identify the PET radiotracers used to image brain inflammation
  19. list the PET radiotracers used to image β-amyloid in the brain
  20. list the PET radiotracers that bind to translocator protein
  21. describe the role of γ-aminobutyric acid in brain function
  22. identify the PET radiotracer used to image γ-aminobutyric acid binding in the brain
  23. define the population groups that most often experience CTE
  24. describe the key pathophysiologic features of CTE
  25. explain a key challenge in the imaging assessment of acute and chronic TBI, rTBI, and TES
  26. list the neurodegenerative processes for which supervised learning techniques have been applied successfully
  27. describe techniques that can guide novel radiotracer development