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SUMMARY:Traumatic Brain Injury: What can MRI tell us?	 - Virginia Newcombe
 \, Research Fellow\, Wolfson College\; NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Ne
 urocritical Care\, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust
DTSTART:20111019T120000Z
DTEND:20111019T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Meredith M. Hale
DESCRIPTION:Head injury is a common cause of death and disability\, and ha
 s long been considered incurable by doctors and public alike. While there 
 has been great advances in medicine over the past 30 years that has greatl
 y improved the outcome of these patients there is still a large burden of 
 injury. The problems these patients face may include issues with memory\, 
 decision making\, and personality changes which may place a great burden o
 n both the patients and their families in addition to the extra support in
  daily activities that they may require throughout life. \n Magnetic reson
 ance imaging\, with its exquisite ability to safely examine the inner stru
 cture and workings of the brain\, offers the potential to understand much 
 more about this disease process. The Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre is one o
 f the few places in the World where the MR scanner and the Intensive Care 
 Unit are directly next to each other. I will present some of the research 
 performed taking advantage of this facility covering from when patients ar
 e first admitted to many year after injury. \n
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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