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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410461
Traumatic Brain Contusion Assessment by Bedside, Portable MRI
Ihsan Mamoun, MD, John Gachani, MD, Cesar Menchaca, MD and Yong Sing da Silva, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2024/11/30
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to be "the leading cause of death and disability in children" [1]. Computed tomography (CT) is the first line imaging study in every hospital emergency department. A delayed CT scan at 6-24 hours is typically performed as well. However, more recently, there has been interest in the use of a portable, bedside magnetic resonance (MR) scanner to avoid the additional radiation, to reduce the workflow demands of bundling and transporting children with TBI to a f...
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