Abstract
Duhaime AC, Gean AD, Haacke EM, Hicks R, Wintermark M, Mukherjee P, Brody D, Latour
L, Riedy G, Common Data Elements Neuroimaging Working Group Members, Pediatric Working
Group Members. Common data elements in radiologic imaging of traumatic brain injury.
Radiologic brain imaging is the most useful means of visualizing and categorizing
the location, nature, and degree of damage to the central nervous system sustained
by patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). In addition to determining acute patient
management and prognosis, imaging is crucial for the characterization and classification
of injuries for natural history studies and clinical trials. This article is the initial
result of a workshop convened by multiple national health care agencies in March 2009
to begin to make recommendations for potential data elements dealing with specific
radiologic features and definitions needed to characterize injuries, as well as specific
techniques and parameters needed to optimize radiologic data acquisition. The neuroimaging
work group included professionals with expertise in basic imaging research and physics,
clinical neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neurology, physiatry, psychiatry, TBI research,
and research database formation. This article outlines the rationale and overview
of their specific recommendations. In addition, we review the contributions of various
imaging modalities to the understanding of TBI and the general principles needed for
database flexibility and evolution over time to accommodate technical advances.
Key Words
List of Abbreviations:
CDE (common data element), CNS (central nervous system), CT (computed tomography), DAI (diffusion axonal injury), DTI (diffusion tensor imaging), DWI (diffusion weighted imaging), fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), GRE (gradient-recalled echo), MR (magnetic resonance), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), NCT (noncontrast computed tomography), PET (positron emission tomography), T2* (T2 star (T2-weighted gradient-recalled echo)), T2 FLAIR (T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery), TAI (traumatic axonal injury), TBI (traumatic brain injury)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Footnotes
Common Data Elements Neuroimaging Working Group members also included Thomas DeGraba, MD, Timothy Duncan, MD, Elie Elovic, MD, Robin Hurley, MD, James Smirniotopoulos, MD, and Doug Smith, MD. Pediatric Working Group members included Jill V. Hunter, MD, Karen A. Tong, MD, and Barbara Holshouser, PhD.
No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Defense, or the U.S. Army.
A companion article, with a strong focus on the technical aspects of imaging, appeared in the September 2010 issue of Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging as Common Data Elements in Radiologic Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injury, E. Mark Haacke, PhD, Ann Christine Duhaime, MD, Alisa D. Gean, MD, et al. (J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2010;32:516-43).
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