• Eliana Bonfante, Roy Riascos, and Octavio Arevalo.
• Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street MSB 2130B, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: Eliana.e.bonfante.mejia@uth.tmc.edu.
• Neuroimaging Clin. N. Am. 2018 Feb 1; 28 (1): 127-135.

AbstractConventional imaging findings in patients with cerebral concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy are absent or subtle in the majority of cases. The most common abnormalities include cerebral volume loss, enlargement of the cavum of the septum pellucidum, cerebral microhemorrhages, and white matter signal abnormalities, all of which have poor sensitivity and specificity. Advanced imaging modalities, such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), blood oxygen level dependent functional MR Imaging (BOLD fMRI), MR spectroscopy, perfusion imaging, positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and magnetoencephalography detect physiologic abnormalities in symptomatic patients and, although currently in the investigation phase, may become useful in the clinical arena.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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