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Lead
Washington University School of Medicine
With
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Clinical diagnosis of blast-related TBI of any severity, as made by the LRMC TBI screening team, based on clinical history, examination, and/or clinical imaging performed as part of standard care (CT, conventional MRI). This includes participants with both primary blast and additional mechanisms of injury ("blast-plus" injury)
2. Acute injury or injuries, defined as first occurring 0-30 days prior to enrollment.
3. Ability to provide informed consent.
4. Ability to lie still in a supine position for the duration of the scan sessions, e.g. no severe claustrophobia or limiting pain from other injuries.
You may not be if
5. known metallic implants or metallic foreign objects.
6. known to be HIV positive
7. known to be pregnant
8. previous major traumatic brain injury
9. contraindication to MRI for medical reasons such as arrhythmias