[postconcussion]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sp...-patients.html

[SpaceCadet]

Thanks.

I wonder how someone like you or I would go about getting a test done like this on ourselves. I've had every test under the sun performed on me to find out why I've been rapidly declining and come up empty handed. It would be worth a try to check if I've developed a brain disease such as CTE.

[Mark in Idaho]

This test is years away from common use. It was profiled on NBC News Tuesday evening. It is great to see Dr Julian Bailles quoted in the article. He is one of the pioneers in concussion. He started the use of the term Sub-Concussive Impact . The specific PET contrasting agent will need to receive FDA approval. FDG (FluoroDeoxyGlucose) is the common PET contrast for brain issues.

Hopefully, they can use this to image early concussion injuries.

[Concussion]

Very good article.

It made the NYT.

This one made the Radiologic Internet site:

Studies about Concussion Jan 2013

Dr Julian Bailles has done some very good work since establishing his organization and staying with it, very good work . Actually more folks should visit his site and read the information for 'patients with TBI' - very good.

[Mark in Idaho]

Dr Bailles has been a leader with concussion and sub-concussive impacts for over 20 years. He and Dr Cantu were speaking out decades ago when nobody was willing to listen. Dr Bailles was the team physician for the Pittsburg Steelers (If I remember correctly). He saw this stuff long before the NFL Players started their law suits.