Brain injury investigating metabolic aspects using magnetic resonance

Abstract

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Metabolic and physiological changes following brain injury are widely accepted as being correlated to eventual neurological outcome. While significant advances in neuromonitoring have increased our ability to better manage a brain-injured patient, these are limited in scope and application. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) techniques have gained increasing acceptance as valuable tools in the study of anatomical, metabolic, physiological and functional changes in brain. They are noninvasive and permit repeated in vivo monitoring over time. The present review discusses the application of MRI and MRS to the study of brain injury, focusing on traumatic brain injury and stroke.