Zhifeng Kou1, Hardik Doshi2, Jie Yang, Ramtilak Gattu, Valerie Mika2, Grace Ma, Randall R. Benson3, Robert Welch4, John Woodard5, Scott Millis6, E Mark Haacke1
1Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; 2Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; 3Neurology and Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; 4Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States; 5Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; 6Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
By using susceptibility mapping as a means to quantify venous blood oxygen saturation, we found higher level of blood oxygen saturation in mild traumatic brain injury patients at the acute stage than that in controls.