A useful tool for the initial assessment of blood-brain barrier permeability after traumatic brain injury in rabbits: dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.
Xiao-Er WeiDan WangMing-Hua LiYu-Zhen ZhangYue-Hua LiWen-Bin Li
Published in: The Journal of trauma (2012)
DCE-MRI and its quantitative coefficient, K(trans), have the potential to accurately assess the blood-brain barrier and the extent of injury in an in vivo model of TBI.