Susceptibility-weighted imaging in traumatic brain injury

Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health burden worldwide. It has been described as “a silent epidemic”[1] and as many as 1.5 million people sustain TBI in the USA each year,[2,3] largely attributable to motor vehicle-related accidents, assaults, and falls. Although mortality has decreased over the years through improvements in automotive safety design and acute care of trauma, 80 000 people annually incur long-term …